D V, I feel your pain. There are certainly many bureaucratic officials who callously use "science" to enforce their whims. I have followed the controversy over the harm/not harm of low level radio frequency radiation. In my opinion, the question is still unsettled, but that is only my opinion. There is definitely evidence of harm, but not conclusive evidence. Still, I would not choose to live under a high tension power line. I suggest that if and when really convincing evidence appears, there will be little or no resistance in the scientific community to accepting this evidence. In contrast, there is abundant evidence of evolution, and Christianists still reject it and will continue to reject it, no matter what. That is the crucial difference.