Science under siege
Subtitle: how the environmental misinformation campaign is affecting our laws, taxes, and our daily lives
By: Michael Fumento.
Edition: 1st Quill ed.
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Environmental health -- United States.; Environmental protection -- United States.; Errors, Scientific.
Description: Explores some of the popular science debates in the news today and claims that headliners such as Alar, Agent Orange, food irradiation, and magnetic fields don't pose the dangers the media reports they do.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-433) and index.
Table of contents: value: The alarm over Alar; value: Of mice (and rats) and men : the politics of cancer testing; value: A fairly brief, nonboring lesson in the pitfalls of amateur epidemiology; value: Dioxin : "the most deadly chemical created by man"; value: The (agent) orange and the green; value: Food irradiation : drumsticks and double standards; value: Currents of misinformation : the shocking facts about electrical and magnetic fields; value: A fairly brief, nonboring lesson in risk taking; value: Prejudice and logic : how to spot a smelly argument; value: Terminal illness : are VDTs killing you or your unborn child?; value: Gasohol pains; value: A closer look at.; value: the besiegers; value: Ending the reign of terror.