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NASA Scientists have been gagged in the US in the past–now Canadian scientists are complaining that their vital research on health and environment issues is being suppressed.

On BBC News, Pallab Ghosh quotes university scientist Thomas Pedersen as saying, "The Prime Minister (Stephen Harper) is keen to keep control of the message, I think to ensure that the government won’t be embarrassed by scientific findings of its scientists that run counter to sound environmental stewardship. I suspect the federal government would prefer that its scientists don’t discuss research that points out just how serious the climate change challenge is."
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Another scientist involved in disease control has beenkilled. David Banks was the principal scientist withBiosecurity Australia and was involved in containing pestand disease threats. He died along with 15 other people whenthe commuter plane he was traveling in went down inQueensland, Australia.

The communications manager at Biosecurity Australiadescribed it as a devastating loss for the country. Hisprimary mission was protecting livestock and plants in thecountry, and keeping diseases from crossing into Australia.He was an expert in the propagation of diseases by insectvectors, among other things.

Since January of 2004, more than twenty scientists are knownto have died in accidents, under suspicious circumstances,or been murdered.
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