Doubt Is Their Product How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health |
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| Author:
| Michaels, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-530067-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.05AUD $83.95 |
Book Description:
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Polluters and those who manufacture dangerous products often oppose public health and environmental regulation through a strategy of 'manufacturing uncertainty', or questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulation is based. The success of this strategy has encouraged opponents of regulation to advocate for formal regulatory and legal structures that magnify uncertainty through the piece-by-piece examination of scientific evidence, rather than the...
More DescriptionPolluters and those who manufacture dangerous products often oppose public health and environmental regulation through a strategy of 'manufacturing uncertainty', or questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulation is based. The success of this strategy has encouraged opponents of regulation to advocate for formal regulatory and legal structures that magnify uncertainty through the piece-by-piece examination of scientific evidence, rather than the weight-of-the-evidence approach.