Steven Holt: “Were it to become law, studies that might be used on regulations to keep drinking water safe or to prevent exposure to…”

“Were it to become law, studies that might be used on regulations to keep drinking water safe or to prevent exposure to dangerous pesticides or other chemicals would be null and void. Let's be honest. The not-so-hidden motivations behind this are to restrict the availability of academic independent science and to strengthen the hand of biased industry input. It is entitled the ``Secret Science Act,'' which is a direct aspersion on science and the peer review process. It suggests that scientists are conspirators in lab coats trying to pull one over and bring in unnecessary regulations. Everyone wants transparency, reproducibility, accountability. The science community, the publications, the universities, the funding agencies are working on this all the time. They don't need this help, so to speak, from Congress. Science is a system of progress toward knowing what is right. It is better than the private marketplace or industrial manipulation. Let's let science work. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, MD, November 4, 2014. Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Majority Leader McCarthy and Minority Leader Pelosi: The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) would like to express its opposition to H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014.…”