CSPO in the News Archive

October
2004
Los Angeles Times,
October 25, 2004
Stepping Out of Line in Stem Cell Research;
Proposition 71 would cut the link between science and democracy: Daniel
Sarewitz's Commentary
about how Proposition 71, California's stem cell
initiative,
would put stem cell
research out of the reach of democracy - in a move that would seriously
undermine the unwritten social contract that exists between government
and science in this country.
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UC Berkeley News,
October 20, 2004
Whether it’s panthers or pollution, faith-based
science isn’t enough.
Current federal science policy suggests that not all
data are created equal:
David
Guston, a professor at Rutgers University, preferred to “question the
framing” of politicization of science, and to explore how to make
science “popular, relevant, and participatory” through what he called
increased democratization of science policy.
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The Scientist,
October 20, 2004
Scientists vow to vote out Bush: David Guston, a
Rutgers University professor, says that the recent outrage from
scientists regarding the so-called politicization of science is
disingenuous. "Science is shot through, top to bottom with
politics," he said, in everything from decisions about billions in
funding to the votes on tenure committees.
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New York Times,
October 4, 2004
The Ethics of Biotechnology: David Guston's
Letter to the Editor
regarding the article, "The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene."
Read more
Oakland Tribune,
October, 2004
Science takes back seat to Bush's beliefs, researchers say: cites David
Guston.
San Jose Mercury News,
October, 2004
Stem cell measure no panacea: cites Daniel Sarewitz
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