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Author:

Agin, D. P.

Title:

Junk science : an overdue indictment of government, industry, and faith groups that twist science for their own gain / Dan Agin.

Publisher:

Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin's Griffin,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 323 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Fraud in science.
Pressure groups.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (p. [293]-309) and index.

Contents:

19 Our failures : Is anyone innocent? 1 Science, junk science, and dogma -- 2 Fraud and fabrication in science -- pt. 2 Buyer beware -- 3 The food and diet circus : eat your way to happiness -- 4 GM foods : Frankenstein in a corn patch -- 5 Aging and longevity : live forever now -- 6 Tobacco : drug dealing in America -- pt. 3 Medical follies -- 7 Junk medicine, big pharma, big profits -- 8 Quack doctoring : It's a free country, isn't it? -- 9 Health care in America : sorry, not for everyone -- 10 The talk-therapy flea market -- pt. 4 Poison and bombs in the greenhouse -- 11 Pollution : private interest and public poison -- 12 Missiles and terrorism : no place to hide -- 13 Global warming : yes, your beach house may be gone -- pt. 5 Religion, embryos, and cloning -- 14 Creationism : the world as an egg -- 15 Stem cells : the petri dish blues -- 16 Cloning : Will we have a hundred Jerry Falwells? -- pt. 6 Genes, behavior, and race -- 17 Genes and behavior : you need a golf gene here -- 18 Race and IQ : two myths make a bumble -- pt. 7 On truth and lies -- 19 Our failures : Is anyone innocent?

ISBN:

9780312374808
0312374801

OCLC:

(OCoLC)153577972

Locations:

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)