Dear Eyedoc333,
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun closing its nationwide network of scientific libraries, effectively preventing EPA scientists and the public from accessing vast amounts of data and information on issues from toxicology to pollution. Several libraries have already been dismantled, with their contents either destroyed or shipped to repositories where they are uncataloged and inaccessible.
The scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential to the agency's ability to make fully informed decisions that carry out its mission of protecting human health and the environment. Members of Congress have asked the EPA to cease and desist dismantling these libraries. Please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson at (202) 564-4700 either today or Monday and tell him how much scientists rely on data and literature. Urge him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are readily available online.
Sincerely,
Union of Concerned Scientists
Scientific Integrity Program
3 comments:
Gawd! These bastards are just incredible!
Snerd
Sorry for the delays. Beta Blogger has been giving me problems lately...
Anyway, Farmer John, I feel that genetically altered foods are generally safe for human consumption. I do appreciate that there are concerns about these "supercrops" overtaking other varieties, etc.
"I" Doc: Sorry for the delays. Beta 'Blokger' has been giving me problems lately...
SG: Sorry, maybe you intended that pun ... and I am just a little slow on the 'uptake' ...
Snerd
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