Science is at the core of a healthy democracy. But for years, presidential administrations have, in differing ways, sidelined scientific evidence and attacked scientific integrity.
Below is a running list of attacks on science. They include disappearing data, silenced scientists, suppressed studies, and other assaults on science-based policy. The list provides a representative sample of threats to the federal scientific enterprise—and a warning of what we face in the future. More information can be found in our peer-reviewed study and in our data repository.
Attacks on science
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“Administration Issues” Derailed a Study on Sex Trafficking in Native Communities
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Endangered Crayfish in West Virginia Threatened as Coal Mining Resumes Near its Habitat
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Trump Administration Orders Scientists to Conduct Less Accurate Climate Change Science
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Trump Administration Puts Offshore Oil Rig Workers’ Lives at Risk
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How Do Common Chemicals Harm Children? The EPA Now Refuses to Fund the Science
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Endangered Species Threatened in Arizona Due to Politics and Bad Science
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The White House Restricts Science, Potentially Causing the Best Available Science to Disappear from Policymaking
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EPA Officials Ignored Their Own Scientists on the Dangers of Asbestos
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Trump Administration Orders the Removal of 30 Species from the Endangered Species List
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