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BP's scientific integrity is questioned
A House energy panel is concerned that scientists hired to assess the oil spill may be muzzled. The company's research funding is also under scrutiny.
By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times
July 31, 2010|5:53 p.m.
As BP recruits scientists to assess damage from its massive oil spill and provide expert testimony in lawsuits, a congressional committee is demanding to see all its spill-related research contracts, warning BP America Chairman Lamar McKay against "any effort to muzzle scientists."
An investigation by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, along with recent media accounts, "have raised questions about the potential suppression of scientific data and analysis concerning restoration of the Gulf of Mexico," said a letter to McKay by committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D- Beverly Hills) and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of an energy subcommittee.
"The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is not a private matter.... Mitigating the long-term impact of the oil spill will require an open exchange of scientific data and analysis," they wrote.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-na-oil-spill-research-20100801,0,4062114.story?track=rss
A House energy panel is concerned that scientists hired to assess the oil spill may be muzzled. The company's research funding is also under scrutiny.
By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times
July 31, 2010|5:53 p.m.
As BP recruits scientists to assess damage from its massive oil spill and provide expert testimony in lawsuits, a congressional committee is demanding to see all its spill-related research contracts, warning BP America Chairman Lamar McKay against "any effort to muzzle scientists."
An investigation by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, along with recent media accounts, "have raised questions about the potential suppression of scientific data and analysis concerning restoration of the Gulf of Mexico," said a letter to McKay by committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D- Beverly Hills) and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of an energy subcommittee.
"The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is not a private matter.... Mitigating the long-term impact of the oil spill will require an open exchange of scientific data and analysis," they wrote.
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Read more:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-na-oil-spill-research-20100801,0,4062114.story?track=rss