Suppression of environmental science.

I. INTRODUCTION

There is a drawn out history of attacks on scientists. During the Inquisition, the Roman Catholic house of worship charged Galileo with heresy and, after imprisonment and threats of torture, forced him to renounce his theory that the orb of day not the earth, was the center of the universe. (1) In the 1950 politicians sought to silence scientists that allegedly held political views sympathetic to Communists. (2)

In new years, research results, rather than the scientist's religion or politics, have motivated attacks upon scientists. As environmental issues extend in economic significance and as science takes upon increasing importance in influencing public opinion