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090 $aQ147$b.O74 2011
100 1 $aOreskes, Naomi.
245 00 $aMerchants of doubt :$bhow a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming /$cNaomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury Press,$c2011.
300 $a355 p. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-343) and index.
505 0 $aDoubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion of free markets and free speech -- Epilogue : a new view of science.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aScientists$xProfessional ethics.
650 0 $aScience news$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aDemocracy and science.
700 1 $aConway, Erik M.,$d1965-
988 $a20140127
906 $0OCLC