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Doubt is their product : how industry scientists manufacture uncertainty and threaten your health
Michaels, David, 1954 · New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- Physical description
- 372 pages
- ISBN
- 9780195300673 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Dewey classification
- 615.9/02
- Subjects
- Environmental health--United StatesHealth risk assessment--United StatesIndustrial toxicology--United StatesLobbying--United StatesScience and industry--United StatesEnvironmental Pollution--adverse effects--United StatesCarcinogens--toxicity--United StatesIndustry--standards--United StatesLiability, Legal--United StatesLobbying--United StatesPublic Policy--United States
- Language
- English
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 001Control number | 20067 |
| 008Fixed-length data elements | 070314s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010Library of Congress control number | 2007010959 |
| 020International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9780195300673 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| 035System control number | 22459935 |
| 040Cataloging source | DNLM/DLC DLC |
| 041Language code | eng |
| 042Authentication code | pcc |
| 043Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 050Library of Congress call number | RA1229 .M53 2007 |
| 082Dewey Decimal call number | 615.9/02 22 |
| 100Main entry – personal name | Michaels, David, 1954- |
| 245Title statement | Doubt is their product : how industry scientists manufacture uncertainty and threaten your health / by David Michaels. |
| 260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) | New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| 300Physical description | xii, 372 p. ; 25 cm. |
| 504Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505Formatted contents note | Introduction. "Sound science" or "sounds like science" -- 1. The manufacture of doubt -- 2. Workplace cancer before OSHA: waiting for the body count -- 3. America demands protection -- 4. Why our children are smarter than we are -- 5. The enronization of science -- 6. Tricks of the trade: how mercenary scientists mislead you -- 7. Defending secondhand smoke -- 8. Still waiting for the body count -- 9. Chrome-plated mischief -- 10. Popcorn lung: OSHA gives up -- 11. Defending the taxicab standard -- 12. The country has a drug problem -- 13. Daubert: the most influential Supreme Court ruling you've never heard of -- 14. The institutionalization of uncertainty -- 15. The Bush administration's political science -- 16. Making peace with the past -- 17. Four ways to make the courts count -- 18. Sarbanes-Oxley for science: a dozen ways to improve our regulatory system. |
| 650Subject added entry – topical term |
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| 999Collection | Downloads |
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