Philip Morris
Bad Science A Resource Book
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BAD SCIENCE
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Too often, science is manipulated to fu4y'all a political agenda.
Science that is used to guide public policy must be based on sound
science -- not on emotions or beliefs that are viewed by some as
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Table of Contents
Too often, science is manipulated to faclfitl a political agenda.
1. What Others Are Saying...
2. Recent Articles
B. Government agencies, too often, betray the public trust by violating plinciples of good
science in a desire to achieve a political goal.
1. What Others Are Saying...
2. Recent Articles
C. No agency is more guitty of acUusting science to support preconceived public policy
prescriptions than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
1. What Others Are Saying...
2. Case Histories of EPA's Bad Science
3. Opinion Editorials
4. Recent Articles
D. Public policy decisions that are based on bad science impose enovanons economic costs
on all aspects of society.
1. What Others Are Saying...
2. The Costs of Bad Science
3. Opinion Editorials
4. Recent Articles
E. Like many studies before it, EPA's recent report concerraing environmental tobacco
smoke allows political objectives to guide scientific research.
1. What Others Are Saying...
2. A Case History
3. Recent Articles
F. Proposals that seek to improve indoor air quality by singling out tobacco smoke only
enable bad science to become a poor excuse for enacting new laws and jeopardidng
individual liberties.
l. What Others Are Saying...
2. A Case History
3. Opinion Editorials
4. Recent Articles
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Too often, science is manipulated to fulfz.ll a political agenda.
Science that is used to guide public policy must be based on sound
science -- not on emotions or beliefs that are viewed by sonie as
"politically correct.."
Government agencies, too often, betany the public trust by violating
principles of good science in a desire to achieve a political goal.
Numerous government studies have caused job loss, personal freedoms
to be violated and even people displaced from their homes. These
same studies have been later proven to be inaccurate following
objective scientific review. The scientific community has been
particularly critical of government studies regarding asbestos,
pesticides, dioxin, radon, environmental tobacco smoke and water
quality.
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No ageney is more guilty of adjusting science to support preconceived
public policy prescriptions than the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
The EPA's Science Advisory Panel criticized the agency in a. 1992
report for failing to develop a'"coherent science agenda and operational
plan to guide its scientil"ic efforts." The report went on to describe the
agency's interpretation and use of science as "uneven and haphazard
across programs and issues." In her initial review of the agency's
operations, Administrator Carol Browner said EPA suffered from a
"totall lack of management, accountability and discipline." EPA's self-
admitted failures raise even more questions about its ability to credibly
protect the publlc's health and safety.
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Using Lab Animals to Make Environmental Rules:
THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1
Are Data Good Enough?
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The use of rodents as a diagnostic tool for identifying health
hazards is being met with growing skepticism because of
evidence that chemicals frequently have wholly different er°°cts
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in animals than in humans. Dr. Kenneth Olden, director of the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, reviewed
tests in his laboratory in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
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Public policy decisions that are based on bad science impose
enorrnous economic costs on all aspects of society.
The costs of bad science are eventually borne by each individual
taxpayer as they are passed down from federal regulations and
mandates to state and local governments, consumers and businesses.
Environmental regulation, in particular, costs a family of four an
estimated $1,800 a year.
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Like many studies before it, EPA's recent report concerning
environmental tobacco smoke allows political objectives to guide
scienti;Jac research.
The EPA report is filled with unsubstantiated claims, lowered standards
and statistically questionable devices. Never before has EPA proposed
to classify a substance as a Group A carcinogen on the basis of such
weak and inconclusive data. EPA's methodology on Environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS) sets a precedent that could threaten the use of
such common products as chlorinated water, diesel fuel, numerous
pesticides and more. You do not have to approve of smoking to obje-ct
to the EPA's decision to misuse scientific data in order to support
predetermined conclusions.
Proposals that seek to improve indoor air guality by singling out
tobacco smoke only enable bad science to become a poor excuse for
enacting new laws anrl jeoparclizing individual liberYies.
Banning smoking to improve indoor air does not change the frequency
of complaints or resolve the problem. Even within the EPA, which
mandates a smoke-free environment, many employees complain about
poor indoor air quality. Anything other than a holistic approach to
improving the indoor environment threatens the health of employees
and opens employers to new workers compensation claims. Moreover,
these misguided regulations intrude upon the personal liberties of
individual workers and create enormous and unnecessary economic
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°Costly solutions are proposed and enacted into law before they are
scientifically justified. Sometimes they respond to perceived--rather
than real--risks to humans or the environment. There are no standards
for evaluating costs and benefits, nor are there acceptable guidelines for
setting national. priorities."
Paula P. Easley, Director of Government Affairs,
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Puyinkq for Federal Enuironrnentcal M'cnFrltetes: A
Looming Crisis for Cities and Counties
"What is troubling is the suggestion that publicly funded scientists may
be playing fast and loose with the facts for political reasons. The
integrity of the scientific process is tremendously important to the
United States, whose economic fortunes rest to a large degree on its
ability to exploit its scientific capabilities."
The Detroit News, August 9, 1992
"Congress is reflecting an erosion of public confidence in a scientitic
establishment that not many years ago could seemingly do no wrong.
The message from Washington is clear: science will receive no more
blank checks and will be held increasingly accountable for both its
performance and its behavior."
Leon Jaroff
Time Magazine, August 26, 1991.
"In January, mayors from 114 cities in 49 states opened the campaign
[for reform of environmental laws] by sending President Clinton a letter
urging the White House to focus on how environmental policy-making
had in their view gone awry.'Not only do we sometimes pay too much
to solve environmental problems, we've been known to confront the
wrong problems for the wrong reasons with the wrong technology,'the
mayors said. °
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT
SCIENCE MAi'IPULATED TO FULFILL A POLITICAL AGENDA
"...A group of 425 international scientists and medical experts,
including 62 Nobel laureates, issued an appeal warning against the
increasing use of 'pseudo-scientific arguments' in the e.nvironnaental
debate. While subscribing to ecological objectives, they demanded that
ecological science 'be founded on scientific criteria and not on
irrational preconceptions.,"
The Detroit Neivs, August 9, 1992
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"Bowing to tlae demands of pro-lifers, the Bush Administration
continued a ban on federal funding for fetal-eell transplants, despite the
fact that the use of such tissue has shown promising results in treating
Parkinson's disease and other disorders. Frustrated U.S. researchers
watched helplessly as their European counterpaits moved ahead on
medical applications of fetal tissue."
Leon Jaroff, Time Magazine, August 26, 1991
"Crises can be exploited by organized groups to justify government
action which serves to promote hidden agendas. If a real crisis is not
available, an artificial crisi.s created by distortions and misinformation
will serve just as well."
Dwight Lee, Ramsey Professor of Economics, University
of Georgia, in "The Perpetual Assault on Prdrgress"
"Many environmental zealots in and out of government..,have proved
themselves quite willing to bend science to the service of their political
(and financial or bureaucratic) goals. The result has been a panicked
public that is easy prey for all sorts of counterproductive regulation and
spending. In the end that will lead to cynicism about the value of
science generally -- and a poorer United States."
The Detroit News, August 9, 1992
