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Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research

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Description for Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research Paperback. What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in our air and water? How reliable is the science that federal regulators and legislators use to protect the public from dangerous products? This book shows that ideological or economic attacks on research are part of an extensive pattern of abuse. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; LNKJ; MBP; RNC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.

What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in our air and water? How reliable is the science that federal regulators and legislators use to protect the public from dangerous products? As this disturbing book shows, ideological or economic attacks on research are part of an extensive pattern of abuse.

Thomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner reveal the range of sophisticated legal and financial tactics political and corporate advocates use to discredit or suppress research on potential human health hazards. Scientists can find their research blocked, or find themselves threatened with financial ruin. Corporations, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
570g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674047143
SKU
V9780674047143
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Ref
99-50

About Thomas O. McGarity
Thomas O. McGarity is Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor in Administrative Law at the University of Texas School of Law and former attorney-advisor in the Office of General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency. He is author of Bending Science (Harvard), The Preemption War, and Freedom to Harm, as well as articles in the New York Times, the ... Read more

Reviews for Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research
Bending Science is an intelligent and compelling blend of investigative journalism and theoretical analysis of the structural and functional flaws of the research enterprise, from the development of testable ideas to the use of its results for practical purposes… Bending Science [is] an indispensable read for our current troubled times. All in all, this book is a must-read not only ... Read more

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