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| myths and politicized science | | Date Created: Mar 03, 2005, 07:48 PM |
 politicized science is a variety of myth. Here's one from the CDC that was in the Tarnished Halo Awards at the Center for Consumer Freedom. For an analysis of why the CDC was "lying with statistics", another form of myth, go here.
The "Pants on Fire" Category
Awarded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for being forced to admit that their much-publicized claim that obesity kills 400,000 Americans every year was wildly exaggerated. A recently completed internal investigation has revealed that the CDC ran roughshod over its own scientists to support the phony number and then covered up the mistake. One skeptical CDC researcher even told Science magazine he feared that speaking out would cost him his job. |
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