White House Accused of Watering Down 'Climate Change' Report WASHINGTON, DC (Associated Press) -



Documents show the White House edited out portions of testimony the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned to give, on the impact climate change could have on public health.

The documents obtained by The Associated Press show that six pages of details Dr. Julie Gerberding was supposed to deliver at a Senate hearing yesterday addressed specific diseases and other health problems that might flourish if the Earth warms. Those remarks were not delivered.

The White House denies that it watered down the testimony. Press Secretary Dana Perino says says the Office of Science and Technology Policy reviewed the testimony and felt the science it contained did not match that in a report by an international climate change panel.

Perino says according to Gerberding's spokesperson, the CDC director was "able to say everything she wanted to say."

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