false 3059794 1 "Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy." In this eye-opening expose, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Product defense consultants, he argues, have increasingly skewed the scientific literature, manufactured and magnified scientific uncertainty, and influenced policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products. To keep the public confused about the hazards posed by global warming, second-hand smoke, asbestos, lead, plastics, and many other toxic materials, industry executives have hired unscrupulous scientists and lobbyists to dispute scientific evidence about health risks. In doing so, they have not only delayed action on specific hazards, but they have constructed barriers to make it harder for lawmakers, government agencies, and courts to respond to future threats. The Orwellian strategy of dismissing research conducted by the scientific community as "junk science" and elevating science conducted by product defense specialists to "sound science" status also creates confusion about the very nature of scientific inquiry and undermines the public's confidence in science's ability to address public health and environmental concerns Such reckless practices have long existed, but Michaels argues that the Bush administration deepened the dysfunction by virtually handing over regulatory agencies to the very corporate powers whose products and behavior they are charged with overseeing. In Doubt Is Their Product Michaels proves, beyond a doubt, that our regulatory system has been broken. He offers concrete, workable suggestions for how it can be restored by taking the politics out of science and ensuring that concern for public safety, rather than private profits, guides our regulatory policy. 3090696 23 4 2008 Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health total:17|5:3|4:8|3:4|2:0|1:2| 17 61 57 6 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:21:18 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:11:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 14 11:06:15 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:11:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 13 12:15:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 14:37:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Sep 11 12:22:55 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 12:23:12 -0700 2008 "The Tobacco Strategy Entrenched" in the 5 September 2008 issue of Science.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 09 09:36:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:31:01 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 09:36:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 01:20:58 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 01:23:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 12:43:23 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:43:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 22:07:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 22:07:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 19:36:03 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:36:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 17:12:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:12:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 17:46:47 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 17:46:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 10 22:47:40 -0800 2009 Sat Aug 01 17:51:17 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 22:37:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 09:46:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:46:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 04:13:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 04:13:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 08:27:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:27:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:46:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 00:46:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 07:09:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 20:23:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:09:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 10:13:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 10:13:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 11:32:02 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 11:32:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 01:17:39 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 01:17:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3059794