SECTION VIII: SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC

A. Research

1. No person or agency in the federal government shall interfere with, re-interpret, misinterpret, or tamper with scientific or medical investigations, conclusions, or results.

2. No study funded by a vested interest shall be published as fact and cited over impartial studies.

3. Research and science paid for in whole or in part by tax dollars shall belong to the American people. The results of such research may either be placed in the public domain or be licensed to the highest bidder for fair market value with fees to fund a national health care system.

4. It shall be illegal to withhold from the public or the government results from research funded in part or in whole by taxpayers or nonprofit organizations.

5. Findings of harm to humans or the environment regardless of the source of funding, shall not be altered or withheld from the public. This applies to negative results of any research on the effects of drugs, chemicals, toxins, or medical or other devices on human health or the environment.

6. No corporation or industry shall profit from any drug, technology, or patent developed with taxpayer funding without payment of substantial royalties. Any such drug, technology, or patent shall be considered a part of the commons and licensing fees based on fair market value shall be paid into the U.S. Treasury.