Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

"Merchants of Doubt was one of the most talked-about climate change books of recent years, for reasons easy to understand: It tells the controversialstory of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective ca...

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Main Authors: Oreskes, Naomi, Conway, Erik M.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: New York 2011
Bloomsbury Press
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description "Merchants of Doubt was one of the most talked-about climate change books of recent years, for reasons easy to understand: It tells the controversialstory 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. The same individuals who claim the scienceof global warming is "not settled" have also denied the truth about 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."
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Bloomsbury Press
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liability
scientist
tobacco industry
toxicity
Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
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title Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
topic case study
industrial policy
industrial product
interest group
liability
scientist
tobacco industry
toxicity
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19128457124919466399-Merchants-of-doubt-how-a-handf.htm