{"product_id":"bending-science-thomas-o-mcgarity-9780674047143","title":"Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in our air and water? How reliable is the science that federal regulators and legislators use to protect the public from dangerous products? As this disturbing book shows, ideological or economic attacks on research are part of an extensive pattern of abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner reveal the range of sophisticated legal and financial tactics political and corporate advocates use to discredit or suppress research on potential human health hazards. Scientists can find their research blocked, or find themselves threatened with financial ruin. Corporations, plaintiff attorneys, think tanks, even government agencies have been caught suppressing or distorting research on the safety of chemical products. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith alarming stories drawn from the public record, McGarity and Wagner describe how advocates attempt to bend science or \"spin\" findings. They reveal an immense range of tools available to shrewd partisans determined to manipulate research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBending Science\u003c\/i\u003e exposes an astonishing pattern of corruption and makes a compelling case for reforms to safeguard both the integrity of science and the public health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas O. McGarity, Wendy E. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674047141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674047143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Thomas O. McGarity","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988206387455,"sku":"9780674047143","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8174e897-5dca-4da0-91e1-00b80f3df292.jpg?v=1683293210","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bending-science-thomas-o-mcgarity-9780674047143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}