Bending science
Subtitle: how special interests corrupt public health research
By: Thomas O. McGarity, Wendy E. Wagner
Contributors: Wagner, Wendy (Wendy Elizabeth)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780674047143
Subjects: Environmental health; Pressure groups; Environmental policy; Public health; Medical policy; Fraud in science; Research
Description: With alarming stories drawn from the public record, McGarity and Wagner describe how advocates attempt to bend science or 'spin' findings. They reveal an immense range of tools available to shrewd partisans determined to manipulate research.
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.