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A culture of politics trumping science, many say, persists despite the president's promises. The use of potentially toxic dispersants to fight the gulf oil spill is cited as just one example.

By Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau

July 12th, 2010 - Excerpt:

"Federal scientists said they were pressured to minimize the effects they had documented of dams on struggling salmon populations."  and later...
"In the Pacific Northwest, Ruch said, his organization has heard in the last 16 months from multiple federal fisheries biologists who report that they are under pressure to downplay the impact of dams on wild salmon."

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