Bush Administration Again Ignores Science

In one of its editorials from October 14, "Science Ignored, Again," the NY Times decries the latest instance of the Bush Administration's failure to heed the best advice given by its scientific advisors. In this latest case, the E.P.A. ignored a 20-2 vote by its own Clean Air Scientific Advisory Council in favor of tightening the annual standard for exposure levels to fine particles, microscopic specks of soot in the air that are believed to lead to coronary and respiratory disease.