Wanted: Powerful Science Advisor (for the next president)
May 7, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
An article in the May Scientific American explains why the next president needs a powerful science advisor.
If you consider the political pandering among the presidential candidates about the vaccine-autism myth—-it’s too obvious why.
I don’t know if this reflects the appointee during an administration, but these are the democratic candidates’ advisors now,
“…Obama’s young science advisor and senior vice president of the non-profit One Economy Corporation, Alec Ross; and by Clinton’s advisor, Thomas Kalil, special assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology at the University of California at Berkeley…”
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4Um08w453MSR2cfVIbz_saa6-Ng
I did a search on McCain, and didn’t come up with a hit.
We also need an administration that isn’t beholden to big pharma, the tuna lobby and other special interests. FDA has a credibility problem – justifiably so. Restore the public’s confidence in the FDA, and we may be able to steer the policy in a more productive direction.
I agree with Laura, but I’m not optimistic that will happen regardless of who wins. I honestly believe that the only way we can remain healthy is to take matters into our own hands and keep a healthy immune system and keep our bodies toxin free. At the very least, it will keep us feeling good. At best, it will put the drug companies out of business.
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(The journal Nature’s reporting on candidate plans and stances towards national science and national science policy across different fields.)