Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration [1 ed.] 0520247027, 9780520247024, 9781429413787

Table of contents :
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1 Facts Matter......Page 22
2 “Icing” the Data on Climate Change......Page 37
3 Doctoring Evidence about Your Health......Page 52
4 Abstaining from the Truth on Abstinence and AIDS......Page 67
5 Clear Skies? Healthy Forests? Understanding Bush’s Real Environmental Policy......Page 85
6 When Good Science Is the Endangered Species......Page 102
7 Burying More Than Intelligence......Page 115
8 Stacking the Deck......Page 132
9 Stem Cells and Monkey Trials......Page 148
10 Restoring Scientific Integrity......Page 166
Notes......Page 180
Index......Page 212