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. In this eyeopening expose, david michaels reveals how unscrupulous product defense consultants have increasingly shaped and skewed the scientific literature, manufactured and magnified scientific uncertainty, and influenced policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of. The aveeno body lotion is a very solid product as youll soon see below. In his eyeopening new book, doubt is their product, david michaels reveals how the tobacco industrys duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health. You have full access to the electronic format of this publication.
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