Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research - Couverture rigide

McGarity, Thomas O.; Wagner, Wendy

 
9780674028159: Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research
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ISBN 10 : 0674028155 ISBN 13 : 9780674028159
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 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, plaintiff attorneys, think tanks, even government agencies have been caught suppressing or distorting research on the safety of chemical products.With alarming stories drawn from the public record, McGarity and Wagner describe how advocates attempt to bend science or "spin" findings. They reveal an immense range of tools available to shrewd partisans determined to manipulate research." Bending Science" exposes an astonishing pattern of corruption and makes a compelling case for reforms to safeguard both the integrity of science and the public health.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas O. McGarity is Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Texas. Wendy Wagner is Joe A. Worsham Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Texas.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674028155
ISBN 13 
9780674028159
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
348
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ISBN 10 :  0674047141 ISBN 13 :  9780674047143
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2012
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