Merchants of Doubt

Name: Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
ISBN: 9781596916104

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

2012·355 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind

The authors minutely document the legislative history of how lobbyist from the tobacco industry and corroborating scientist persisted in obfuscating the harmful effects of smoking by simply purporting that the traditional science on the matter was flawed and overwrought. This strategy became a blueprint for other industries that were being scrutinized for their negative consumer health or environmental impact.

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