<a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wH7BaiO0DaQ/T3ZgPIONw2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/BE60UhNYBwI/s1600/savethechildren.jpg” onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}”><img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 284px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wH7BaiO0DaQ/T3ZgPIONw2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/BE60UhNYBwI/s320/savethechildren.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725869789269574498″ /></a><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Federal decision makers need access to the best available science in order to craft policies that protect our health, safety, and environment.</span></span><div><span class=”Apple-style-span”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “></span></span><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;”><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;”><br /></span></span><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Unfortunately, censorship of scientists and the manipulation, distortion, and suppression of scientific information have threatened federal science in recent years. </span><br /><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>This problem has sparked much debate, but few have identified the key driver of political interference in federal science: the inappropriate influence of companies with a financial stake in the outcome. </span><br /><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>A new UCS report,</span><em style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> Heads They Win, Tails We Lose</em><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>, shows how corporations influence the use of science in federal decision making to serve their own interests.</span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “></span><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;”><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;”><br /></span></span><h3 style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Methods of Abuse</h3><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>The report describes five basic methods that corporations use to influence the scientific and policy-making processes:</span><br /><div style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; padding-top: 12px; padding-right: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 12px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: currentcolor; border-right-color: currentcolor; border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-left-color: currentcolor; width: 260px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 12px; word-spacing: 0px; float: right; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 229); “><h3 style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; “>How Do They Game the System?<br />Let Us Recount the Ways</h3><div><br /></div><em>Heads They Win, Tails We Lose</em> is full of real-world examples of the ways corporations interfere with science. Here are just a few of the highlights:<br /><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “><br /></h4><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “>Suppressing Research:<br />Hog Farm Emissions</h4><br />After pork producers contacted his supervisors, a USDA microbiologist <a target=”_blank” __removedlink__2056581132__href=”http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/airborne-bacteria.html” style=”color: rgb(1, 87, 130); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; “>was prevented from publishing research </a>showing that emissions from industrial hog farms contained antibiotic-resistant bacteria.<br /><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “><br /></h4><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “>Corrupting Advisory Panels:<br />Childhood Lead Poisoning</h4><br />A few weeks before a CDC advisory panel met to discuss revising federal lead standards, <a target=”_blank” __removedlink__2056581132__href=”http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/lead-poisoning-prevention.html” style=”color: rgb(1, 87, 130); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; “>two scientists with ties to the lead industry were added to the panel</a>. The committee voted against tightening the standards.<br /><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “><br /></h4><h4 style=”font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(41, 170, 225); “>Ghostwriting Articles:<br />The Pharmaceutical Industry</h4><div><br /></div>A 2011 analysis found<a target=”_blank” __removedlink__2056581132__href=”http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/alerts/public-health/ph-iis-20110620.html” style=”color: rgb(1, 87, 130); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; “>evidence of corporate authorship</a> in research articles on a variety of drugs, including Avandia, Paxil, Tylenol, and Vioxx.<br /></div><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></strong></span></div>Corrupting the Science.</strong><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> Corporations suppress research, intimidate scientists, manipulate study designs, ghostwrite scientific articles, and selectively publish results that suit their interests.</span><br /><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></strong></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Shaping Public Perception.</strong><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> Private interests downplay evidence, exaggerate uncertainty, vilify scientists, hide behind front groups, and feed the media slanted news stories.</span><br /><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></strong></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Restricting Agency Effectiveness.</strong><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> Companies attack the science behind agency policy, hinder the regulatory process, corrupt advisory panels, exploit the “revolving door” between corporate and government employment, censor scientists, and withhold information from the public.</span><br /><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></strong></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Influencing Congress.</strong><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> By spending billions of dollars on lobbying and campaign contributions, corporate interests gain undue access to members of Congress, encouraging them to challenge scientific consensus, delay action on critical problems, and shape the use of science in policy making. </span><br /><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></strong></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><strong style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Exploiting Judicial Pathways.</strong><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “> Corporate interests have expanded their influence on the judicial system, used the courts to undermine science, and exploited judicial processes to bully and silence scientists.</span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “></span><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;”><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;”><br /></span></span><b style=”text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Progress Made (and Still To Be Made)</b><br /><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>In his 2009 inaugural address, President Obama promised to “restore science to its rightful place.” His administration has made progress toward that goal on several important fronts—elevating the role of science in government, ordering agencies to develop scientific integrity policies, improving transparency, and strengthening conflict-of-interest policies.</span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “></span><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;”><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;”><br /></span></span><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Despite these positive steps, much remains to be done. The report identifies five key areas where further federal commitments to protect science from undue corporate influence are needed: protecting government scientists from retaliation and intimidation; making government more transparent and accountable; reforming the regulatory process; strengthening scientific advice to government; and strengthening monitoring and enforcement.</span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></span></span></div><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “></span><h3 style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Beyond Government</h3><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><div><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;”><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><br /></span></span></div>Corporations, nonprofits, academic institutions, scientific societies, and the media also have critical roles to play in reducing abuses of science in federal decision making. These institutions should:</span><br /><ul style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; list-style-type: disc; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “><li style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 1px; “>promote honest scientific investigation and open discussion of research results;</li><li style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 0px; border-top-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; “>refrain from actual or perceived acts of scientific misconduct;</li><li style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 0px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; “>embrace transparency and avoid conflicts of interest.</li></ul><span style=”font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); “>Inappropriate corporate interference in science extends its tentacles into every aspect of federal science-based policy-making. Addressing this interference will require overcoming high hurdles, but they are not insurmountable. 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