The Government Shutdown Is Not Decreasing Food Safety
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 01:30
in Biology & Nature
If you live in America and hadn't heard, the government is in a shutdown. We've had a full plate of political theater, with armed stand-offs at veteran's memorials and the National Zoo's Panda Cam going dark, presumably to convince us that government is funded on a daily basis - except for all those exempt and 'essential' employees, which number in the millions.If you are asking, no, science is not considered essential to either party, that is why 97% of NASA is on vacation during this budget posturing. read more