Letters: Science and Budgets (1 Letter)

To the Editor:

?Federal Budget Limits Affect Scientific Conferences? (Oct. 23) raises an urgent problem regarding the well-being of our troops serving abroad. In a shortsighted move, funds have been cut for Department of Defense scientists to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

The participation of these highly trained professionals in scientific meetings like ours is not a travel perk. They play a unique role in efforts to tackle diseases like malaria, dengue and Chagas that not only threaten our servicemen and women abroad but are also surfacing in the United States. Karen A. Goraleski

Deerfield, Ill.

The writer is executive director, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/science/science-and-budgets-1-letter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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