by Guest Contributor | Apr 14, 2020
In the flurry of activity to respond to the pandemic, public health officials and scientists have lost our voice. Many may not realize it, but our current pandemic may be the first in U.S. history that has been led, not by scientists, but by non-scientists in Offices...
by Kathleen Yun | Mar 17, 2020
When USDA’s research arm tried to stifle his research on the effects of pesticides on honey bees and the environment, Jonathan fought back. With PEER’s help, he invoked the agency’s own Scientific Integrity rules, which say that research cannot be suppressed merely...
by Kirsten Stade | Jan 19, 2020
For Immediate Release: Sunday, January 19, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review Washington, DC — In preparing one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
by Susan Sargent | Aug 14, 2019
For Immediate Release: Aug 14, 2019 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Centers Suppress Climate Lead for Drawing Congressional Oversight Washington, DC – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are again going after the former head of its now-dissolved Climate &...
by Tim Whitehouse | Aug 1, 2019
The Trump administration has taken its anti-science agenda to a whole new level. Last week, PEER released an analysis of scientific integrity policies within the Federal government. These policies are supposed to report research misconduct—but in the past several...
by Susan Sargent | Jul 25, 2019
For Immediate Release: Jul 25, 2019 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Identity of Who Ordered Halt on Mountain-Top Mining Study Still a Mystery Washington, DC — A controversial decision to pull the plug on a federal study of the socio-economic impacts of coal...
