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020			_a9781408824832 (paperback)
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100	1		_aOreskes, Naomi.,
245	1	0	_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.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Press, _c2012.
300			_a355 pages.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
365			_bRs. 899.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 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			_aThe U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. 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. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly - some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These 'experts' supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.
588			_aDescription based on print version record; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aScientists _xProfessional ethics.
650		0	_aScience news _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aDemocracy and science.
700	1		_aConway, Erik M., _d1965-
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