E-M:/ consumer safety?

[Larry Nooden <ldnum@umich.edu>]

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Enviro-Mich message from Larry Nooden <ldnum@umich.edu>
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Again, more clear evidence is emerging that our top elected officials and 
their appointees are not representing public interests in the consumer and 
environmental arenas.  It is also anti-science.

Recently, the nation?s top official for consumer product safety has asked 
Congress to reject legislation intended to strengthen the agency, which 
polices thousands of consumer goods, from toys to tools.  Why?  In whose 
interest is this?  Big money, not consumers.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/washington/30consumer.html?th&emc=th>

The Oct 17, 2007 issue of Science (Vol 318, p169) has a similar article 
titled "Plight of the surgeon general" describes White House interference 
with efforts to inform the public and pressure to conform to political 
ideologies.

All this comes along with many efforts to suppress global climate change 
data.

When combined with secrecy, this looks an anti-public and anti-democratic 
pattern of governing.

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