Science and Policy: Understanding the Role of Value Judgments
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Scientists increasingly find themselves at the center of contentious public policy debates over issues such as chemical regulation and climate change. The general public and politicians often expect scientific advisors to be purely objective. However, a new commentary in this issue of EHP asserts that scientific research is intrinsically inf luenced by value judgments and that researchers should declare their interests and values as the best way to promote objectivity, transparency, public trust, and good policy. The authors wrote the commentary after observing the uproar last year following a preliminary European Commission (EC) review
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