Scientist: CDC bosses ignored trailer warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) - April 1, 2008 Christopher De Rosa, a top scientist at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's toxic substances agency, said his bosses
told him that his warnings of a "pending public health
catastrophe" could be misinterpreted if publicly released.
De Rosa's comments came Tuesday at a House Science and
Technology subcommittee hearing.
Committee Democrats have accused the Federal Emergency
Management Agency of manipulating scientific research to play down
the dangers of high levels of formaldehyde found in the trailers.
They say the CDC and its Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry went along with misleading residents.
