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APA report: was it politicized science in the first place, or what?
The two best known cases in the [[history of science]] concern the church's suppression of [[Galileo]], whose findings were finally accepted by the Roman Catholic Church centuries later; and the [[Lysenko]] episode in the Soviet Union. The current top controversies are [[global warming]] and the [[theory of evolution]].
The two best known cases in the [[history of science]] concern the church's suppression of [[Galileo]], whose findings were finally accepted by the Roman Catholic Church centuries later; and the [[Lysenko]] episode in the Soviet Union. The current top controversies are [[global warming]] and the [[theory of evolution]].
==Homosexuality==
* In 1999, the [[American Psychological Association]] (APA) published a report on child sex abuse saying that sexual relations between children and adults are "less harmful than believed" and might actually "be positive for willing children." How could trained psychologists, let alone anyone in their right mind, suggest that sex between adults and children could be positive for the children? Luckily there was a huge uproar throughout society about this absurd conclusion. As a result the APA backed down and acknowledged that there was a serious problem with the study and that they should have been more careful in publishing the report in the first place. [http://www.truenews.org/homosexuality/real_story.html]
==Global warming==
Recently, in a partial victory for science over politics, the UN's [[World Health Organization]] reversed a 30-year ban on [[DDT]], but without admitting that the ban had been politically motivated.
Recently, in a partial victory for science over politics, the UN's [[World Health Organization]] reversed a 30-year ban on [[DDT]], but without admitting that the ban had been politically motivated.
==Pesticide use
The best documented case in American history is the banning of [[DDT]] immediately after a hearing in which it was shown to be safe when used as directed. In small quantities, it can even be eaten by human beings - it's not a poison like arsenic or cyanide but it is accumulated in bodies through the food chain effecting especially birds (see closer article [[DDT]]). The new EPA administrator disregarded the hearing results and unilaterally banned DDT. The U.S. ban put pressure on foreign governments to stop using DDT for mosquito control and ultimately led to a worldwide rise in the number of malaria cases; thwarting efforts to control the spread of the disease (see [[Malaria epidemic]]).
The best documented case in American history is the banning of [[DDT]] immediately after a hearing in which it was shown to be safe when used as directed. In small quantities, it can even be eaten by human beings - it's not a poison like arsenic or cyanide but it is accumulated in bodies through the food chain effecting especially birds (see closer article [[DDT]]). The new EPA administrator disregarded the hearing results and unilaterally banned DDT. The U.S. ban put pressure on foreign governments to stop using DDT for mosquito control and ultimately led to a worldwide rise in the number of malaria cases; thwarting efforts to control the spread of the disease (see [[Malaria epidemic]]).