Rest Kathleen M, Halpern Michael H
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Nov;97(11):1939-44. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.118455. Epub 2007 Sep 27.
Our nation's health and prosperity are based on a foundation of independent scientific discovery. Yet in recent years, political interference in federal government science has become widespread, threatening this legacy. We explore the ways science has been misused, the attempts to measure the pervasiveness of this problem, and the effects on our long-term capacity to meet today's most complex public health challenges. Good government and a functioning democracy require public policy decisions to be informed by independent science. The scientific and public health communities must speak out to defend taxpayer-funded science from political interference. Encouragingly, both the scientific community and Congress are exploring ways to restore scientific integrity to federal policymaking.
我们国家的健康与繁荣建立在独立科学发现的基础之上。然而近年来,政治对联邦政府科学事务的干预已变得普遍,威胁到了这一传统。我们探讨了科学被滥用的方式、衡量这一问题普遍性的尝试,以及对我们应对当今最复杂公共卫生挑战的长期能力的影响。良好的政府治理和运转良好的民主制度要求公共政策决策以独立科学为依据。科学界和公共卫生界必须发声,捍卫由纳税人资助的科学免受政治干预。令人鼓舞的是,科学界和国会都在探索恢复联邦政策制定中科学诚信的方法。