Re: Re: U.S. Charged With Silencing Scientists

[Guest guest]

Just remember there's an important election next year!

Get out and vote them out!

Hopefully there will be something left to salvage!

Rogene

--- mikat828 <mikat828@...> wrote:

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> That makes me really angry. Slowly but surely our

> democracy is

> disappearing.

> Kathy

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> -- In , Rogene S

> <saxony01@...> wrote:

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> > U.S. Charged With Silencing Scientists

> >

> >

> > http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/481837?src=mp

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> >

> > WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jun 25 - The U.S. government

> is

> > making it harder for scientists to speak to their

> > global colleagues and restricting who can attend

> an

> > upcoming major AIDS conference, a congressman

> charged

> > on Thursday.

> >

> > Rep. Henry Waxman said he has a letter showing

> that

> > the Health and Human Services Department has

> imposed

> > new limits on who may speak to the World Health

> > Organization.

> >

> > Under the new policy, WHO must ask HHS for

> permission

> > to speak to scientists and must allow HHS to

> choose

> > who will respond.

> >

> > " This policy is unprecedented. For the first time

> > political appointees will routinely be able to

> keep

> > the top experts in their field from responding to

> WHO

> > requests for guidance on international health

> issues, "

> > the California Democrat wrote in a letter to HHS

> > Secretary Tommy .

> >

> > " This is a raw attempt to exert political control

> over

> > scientists and scientific evidence in the area of

> > international health, " Waxman wrote.

> >

> > " Under the new policy the administration will be

> able

> > to refuse to provide any experts whenever it

> wishes to

> > stall international progress on controversial

> topics. "

> >

> > An HHS spokesman was not immediately available for

> > comment.

> >

> > Waxman also complained that HHS had cut back a

> list of

> > scientists planning to attend the International

> AIDS

> > Society conference in Bangkok, Thailand, next

> month.

> > The conference is considered the premier meeting

> for

> > AIDS experts.

> >

> > Waxman said that 40 presentations scheduled for

> the

> > conference were withdrawn after HHS decided that

> only

> > 50 U.S. scientists could attend.

> >

> > " The scientific community was outraged by this

> > pullback, " he wrote.

> >

> > " I ask you to rescind this ill-advised policy

> until it

> > can be adequately reviewed and justified, " Waxman

> > wrote of the restrictions on WHO requests.

> >

> > He also urged to review his decision on

> the

> > Bangkok conference.

> >

> >

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> >

> > Many of us who speak out on the breast implant

> issue

> > ... scientists and activists have smear campaigns

> and

> > other ways thrown at us to

> > attempt to silence us.

> >

> > www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

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