Environmental and public health experts overwhelmingly denounced editing by the White House of a federal health agency head's testimony to Congress Tuesday. Significant deletions were made from the testimony, concerning global warming and the potential impact on human health.
The original, unedited testimony presented to Congress by Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and obtained by ABC News was 14 pages long, but the White House Office of Management and Budget edited the final version down to a mere six pages.
The editing came to light when an unnamed source at the CDC told The Associated Press that the CDC director's testimony had been "eviscerated."
An original draft of the remarks has been obtained, with the edited parts highlighted.
The draft shows that most, if not all, of Gerberding's thoughts on the health effects of climate change were taken out.
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