Critics of the Bush administration have long accused it of putting ideology before evidence. Now a survey of government scientists appears to confirm that science plays second fiddle to politics in at least one government agency.
Half the scientists from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) who responded to the survey said they had been pushed to alter or withdraw scientific findings relating to species protection for political reasons. Around a third said they were not allowed to do their job as scientists.
“Political interference with science at the FWS has become pervasive,” says Lexi Shultz at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington DC,…
