Truthiness Clouds Scientific Fact – 62 Abuses by Bush Administration

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), President Bush’s political appointees have been hard at work pushing misinformation about science and scientific work since August 2001.

Here is a list, by agency, of the 62 cases documented by UCS of Bush’s Administration’s obfuscation of science:

Army
Army Science Board

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Cattle Grazing
Post Disturbance Logging

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Abstinence Only Sex Education Science
Abstinence Only Sex Education Curriculum
Breast Cancer
HIV/AIDS Education
Childhood Lead Poisoning Panel
Sexually Transmitted Disease Panel at CDC

Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Airborne Bacteria
Forest Management
Spotted Owl

Department of Education
School Vouchers

Department of Energy
Aluminum Tubes in Iraq
National Nuclear Security Administration Panel

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
International AIDS Conference
Prescription Drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol
Vetting of experts on WHO Panel
Workplace Safety Panel

Department of Justice (DOJ)
Racial Profiling

Department of State
Arms Control Advisory Panel

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Air Quality Monitoring
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Atrazine
Climate Change
Fuel Efficiency
Mercury
Libraries
Mountaintop Removal Mining
Oil Extraction
Pesticides
Particulate Matter Pollution
Plywood Plant
Air Quality Proposals
Selenium
Toxic Chemicals Release
Ground Zero

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Emergency Contraception
UCS Federal Scientists Surveys
Ketek
Nerve Stimulator
Reproductive Health Advisory Committee
Vioxx

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH Drug Abuse Panel
NIH Fogarty International

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
James Hansen

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
UCS Federal Scientists Surveys
Hurricanes
Endangered Salmon

Navy
Sonar and Whales

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
OMB Peer Review

President’s Council on Bioethics
President’s Council on Bioethics

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Bull trout
Endangered Species Act
Florida Panther
UCS Federal Scientists Surveys
Endangered Species Genetics
Marbled Murrelet
Mountaintop Removal Mining
Prairie Dogs
Red Frog
Roundtail Chub
Sage Grouse
Trumpeter Swans
Tabernaemontana rotensis (a plant)

Note: UCS Surveys and Mountaintop Removal Mining are placed under more than one agency.

UCS also stated, “In 2004, 62 renowned scientists and science advisors signed a scientist statement on scientific integrity, denouncing political interference in science and calling for reform. On December 9, 2006, UCS released the names of more than 10,000 scientists of all backgrounds from all 50 states—including 52 Nobel Laureates—who have since joined their colleagues on this statement.”