Heads They Win, Tails We Lose How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public’s Expense Heads They Win, Tails We Lose How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public’s Expense The Scientific Integrity Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists February 2012 ii UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS © 2012 Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is the leading science- based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. The UCS Scientific Integrity Program mobilizes scientists and citizens alike to defend science from political interference and restore scientific integrity in federal policy making. To learn more, visit www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity. The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. The full text of this report is available on the UCS website at www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity or may be obtained from: UCS Publications Two Brattle Square Cambridge, MA 02138-3780 Or, email
[email protected] or call (617) 547-5552. HEADS THEY WIN, TAILS WE LOSE iii Contents Text Boxes................................................................................................................................................... iv Contributors ............................................................................................................................................. v Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................