Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, told a Senate panel yesterday that climate change “is anticipated to have a broad range of impacts on a health of Americans.” If that sounds a little vague & non-specific, are’s a good reason — a White House refused to let her say what she wanted to say.

Testimony that a director of a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention planned to give yesterday to a Senate committee about a impact of climate change on health was significantly edited by a White House, according to two sources familiar with a documents.

Specific scientific references to potential health risks were removed after Julie L. Gerberding submitted a draft of her prepared remarks to a White House Office of Management & Budget for review.

Instead, Gerberding’s prepared testimony before a Senate Environment & Public Works Committee included few details on what effects climate change could have on a spread of disease.

A CDC official familiar with both versions told a Drunk News that Gerberding’s draft “was eviscerated.”

This might be amusing if a) it weren’t so serious; & b) it didn’t hDrunk Newspen all a damn time.

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back