| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The science of deception -- The forever chemicals -- The NFL's head doctors -- A spirited denial -- The deal with diesel -- On opioids -- Deadly dust -- Working the refs -- Volkswagen's other Bug -- The climate denial machine -- Sickeningly sweet -- The party line -- Science for sale -- Future in doubt |
| Summary |
Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In this book, the author details how corrupt science becomes public policy. Opioids. Concussions in the sporting world. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises - big, long-spanning problems that persist despite their toll on the country's health. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data are inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The author traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its twenty-first century manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," this book aims at shining a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Public health.
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Industries -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Deception -- United States
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Deception.
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Public Health
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Research Support as Topic
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Industry -- ethics
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Public-Private Sector Partnerships -- ethics
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Deception
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Public Policy
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public health.
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Public Health.
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MEDICAL.
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Deception
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Industries -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Public health
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United States |
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190922672 |
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0190922672 |
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9780190922689 |
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0190922680 |
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