Science has been ubiquitous in public decision making in the United
States in the 1980s and promises to serve no less a role in the
decade and new century ahead. Government actions are justified on
the basis of scientific evidence in an overwhelming array of issue
areas. Legislating health warnings on cigarette packaging in the
1960s, banning the use of cyclamates, phasing down the lead content
of gasoline in the 1970s, and denying construction permits for
projects in ecologically sensitive locations are just a few of the
multitudinous ways that our public agencies at various levels of
government have availed of scientific expertise to assist in the
making of public policy throughout the recent decades. Relying on
science to make decisions or to resolve disputes is a political
tactic, however, and one that threatens to subvert democratic
decision making.
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