The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
released the results of their latest survey of FDA scientists last
week, their third such report. About one out of every six of the
5,918 scientists contacted returned their completed surveys. The
results are disturbing.

This indicates that, of those FDA
scientists brave enough to even return the survey, a significant
number report that unbiased science is not always encouraged or
accepted. This belies the public image of the FDA as an unbiased
arbiter of public safety, based strictly on science.

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