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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,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Physical Description: |
355 pages ; 21 cm. |
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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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FLC Reed Leisure Collection. |
| Physical Description: |
355 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781608193943 1608193942 |