Et al,

Us ol' re-tread Texans might say: Y'all might just wait awhile and see what happens. Let's as scientists and health & safety folk not go beserk over doomsayer's media and other bird droppings. In a long career, most of what is popular hype seems to be what an ol' time cowboy might find behind the southerrn end of a northbound bull.

I suggest a period of what we in medicine call "watchful waiting" before we go flying off the handle. I used to teach my medical students: "Don't just do something, stand there." The situation somestimes evolves out of what seems to be chaos (Chaos Theory for those who follow it). Sometimes, the best medicine is to do as much nothing as possible. I think I've cured moer folks by stopping medications than I ever cured by prescribing same.

According to my lovely wife: Patience is a virtue.

Alan

AlanH. Hall,M.D.

Medical Toxicologist

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Lee Latimer <lhlatimer**At_Symbol_Here**mindspring.com> wrote:

"...science and reason matter." ---B. Obama, 2017.

As a community, we vote in high %. Let's be active, speak up, support science, and let legislators know that we vote as much as any group.

Lee


On 1/23/17, 9:03 PM, "ILPI Support" <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM> wrote:

And so it begins. The first one is disturbing because this is right up there with the climate change gag order we have previously seen in Florida-

"EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/environmental-protection-grants-staff_us_5886825be4b0e3a7356b575f?pon75akll8ei5dn29&

And it gets worse: https://www.axios.com/trumpworld-prepares-to-hammer-the-epa-2209021483.html "...The document goes on to recommend what can be done to "improve the use of science by EPA... EPA should not be funding scientific research-" I guess that makes it easier to use alternate facts.

And finally, "CDC Cancels Conference on Climate Change and Health": http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-cancels-conference-climate-change-health-n711076

I don't care who the president or administration is - this isn=E2=80™t about them or who you voted for or against. It's about science and its role in setting government policy. We need to do what we can as a community to educate the public on the critical contributions of agencies like EPA, OSHA (that one should be even more fun-) etc. and that these need to be based on science, not a special interest agenda.

Rob Toreki

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