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Why Scientific Integrity Conflicts with Political Pressure

The environmental impact study for this pipeline project crossed my desk and the data clearly shows it will contaminate the water supply but my agency director is pushing us to find ways to minimize the findings.

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The data shows this pipeline will poison the water, but your boss wants you to bury the findings.

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