Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming /
"Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
[2010]
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | "Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain and CFCs to the ozone hole. |
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| Physical Description: | 355 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781596916104 (hc.) 1596916109 (hc.) |