Soft Science
October 10, 2003
More and more, congressional Democrats are lashing out at what they see as the overly political – and dangerous – environmental policies of the Bush Administration. A recent study requested by Congressman Henry Waxman suggests the White House is actually manipulating scientific data, for example by playing up the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs, playing down the effectiveness of condoms, and squelching information related to global warming. Paula Park, a senior editor at The Scientist, tells Brooke the report might be partisan, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
