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The cost of truth

March 22, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brian T. Hodges If truth is held to be a virtue, then why did Washington’s environmental agencies work so hard to stifle a bill that would require them to demonstrate that science used to develop environmental regulations passes the peer-review “sniff test?” The answer (drum-role please): money.  Washington’s D ...

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"Peer review" – It's not what you think

May 03, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Reed Hopper There is a fundamental difference between research science and regulatory science–-time and money. While research scientists are generally free to pursue a line of inquiry to wherever it leads however long it takes, regulatory scientists do not have that luxury. To the contrary, to meet administrative deadlines and budgets, th ...