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48 Nobel Prize winners back Kerry campaign
WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 21, 2004
Four dozen Nobel Prize-winning scientists Monday urged Americans to support the presidential candidacy of Democratic Senator John Kerry, accusing President George W. Bush of "compromising our future.

"We support John Kerry for President and urge you to join us," the 48 chemists, physicists and doctors wrote in a signed letter published on Kerry's campaign website.

The scientists say the science policies of Bush's Republican administration are "compromising our future," including by reducing funding for scientific research.

"Unwarranted restrictions on stem cell research" are hurting medical advances and new immigration rules have kept foreign scientists from traveling to the United States, they wrote.

"And by ignoring scientific consensus on critical issues such as global warming, (Bush's administration is) threatening the earth's future."

The presidential election is November 2.

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