It made me disbelief and questions the names on science after reading how this scientists played with the funding dates of publications, steal specimens and credit of new discoveries, and employed assistance to do the work for them. More over, even the strategy made by cope to get the publication printed first by buying and controlling part of the American Natural journal was also kind of concerning.
I found a report on Wikipedia from 2007 about scientific integrity , which made me question science even more:
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Integrity_in_Policymaking )
"Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science" is the title of a report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists in February, 2004. The report was the culmination of an investigation of the Bush administration's objectivity in science, and ultimately a criticism thereof. (After it was published, the report's existence was fairly well-publicized by the United States' mass media.)
"Suppression and distortion of research findings"
Rice, Powell, Bush, and Rumsfeld
A central thesis of the report, according to the Executive Summary (on page 2 of the text), was that the Bush administration had behaved in ways considered to be consistent with the following three situations.
1. Epidemic altering and concealing of scientific information by senior officials in various federal agencies
2. Active censorship of scientific information that the administration considered threatening to its own philosophies
Restriction of the ability of government-supported scientists to freely communicate scientific ideas related to "sensitive" issues
"An unprecedented pattern of behavior"
In "Part III", the text of the report posits that the aforementioned activities are unprecedented in the history of the United States. The report lists the following persons and organization who had supposedly acted or made statements to support this claim.
This list is sorted first by category, then by the order in which the persons or organizations are mentioned in the report.
3. Organization
4. Persons
The report's table of contents
The following is a duplication of the report's table of contents.
5. Executive summary
6. Part I: Suppression and distortion of research findings at federal agencies
Distorting and suppressing climate change research
Censoring information on air quality
Mercury emissions from power plants
Addressing multiple air pollutants
Distorting scientific knowledge on reproductive health issues
Abstinence-only education
HIV/AIDS
Breast cancer
Suppressing analysis on airborne bacteria
Misrepresenting evidence on Iraq's aluminum tubes
Manipulation of science regarding the endangered species act
Missouri River
Manipulating the scientific process on forest management
OMB rulemaking on "peer review"
7. Part II: Undermining the quality and integrity of the appointment process
Industry influence on lead poisoning prevention panel
Political litmus tests on workplace safety panel
Non-scientist in senior advisory role to the President
Underqualified candidates in health advisory roles
The FDA's Reproductive Health Advisory Committee
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Litmus tests for scientific appointees
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Dismissal of nuclear weapons and arms control panels
National Nuclear Security Administration panel
Arms control panel
8. Part III: An unprecedented pattern of behavior
Disseminating research from federal agencies
Irregularities in appointments to scientific advisory panels
9. Conclusions and recommendations: What's at stake
Restoring scientific integrity to federal policy making
10. Appendices
EPA memo on climate section of the Report on the Environment
USDA "sensitive issue" list
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