Shows how the Bush administration systematically misled Americans on a range of scientific issues affecting public health, foreign policy, and the environment by ignoring, suppressing, manipulating, or even distorting scientific research. This book focusses on how this issue played out during the presidency of George W Bush.
"Shulman's remarkably well-documented litany of abuses should serve as a wake-up call not only to society, but also to political leaders, who cannot govern for long without independent scientific expertise grounded in unquestioned integrity."-Simon Levin, Center for BioComplexity, Princeton University