| JUNK SCIENCE An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry and Faith Groups That Twist Science for Their Own Gain Dan Agin, Ph.D. New York: St. Martin Griffin, 2006 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-312-37480-8 | ||||
| ISBN 0-312-37480-1 | 323pp. | SC | $14.95 | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| PART ONE | ||
| The Moons of Jupiter | ||
| 1 | Science, Junk Science, and Dogma | 9 |
| 2 | Fraud and Fabrication in Science | 22 |
| PART TWO | ||
| Buyer Beware | ||
| 3 | The Food and Diet Circus: Eat Your Way To Happiness | 43 |
| 4 | GM Foods: Frankenstein in a Corn Patch | 59 |
| 5 | Aging and Longevity: Live Forever Now | 73 |
| 6 | Tobacco: Drug Dealing in America | 86 |
| PART THREE | ||
| Medical Follies | ||
| 7 | Junk Medicine, Big Pharma, Big Profits | 101 |
| 8 | Quack Doctoring: It's a Free Country, Isn't it? | 113 |
| 9 | Health Care in America: Sorry, Not for Everyone | 128 |
| 10 | The Talk-Therapy Flea Market | 140 |
| PART FOUR | ||
| Poison and Bombs in the Greenhouse | ||
| 11 | Pollution: Private Interests and Public Poison | 155 |
| 12 | Missiles and Terrorism: No Place to Hide | 168 |
| 13 | Global Warming: Yes, Your Beach House May Be Gone | 181 |
| PART FIVE | ||
| Religion, Embryos, and Cloning | ||
| 14 | Creationism: The World As an Egg | 197 |
| 15 | Stem Cells: The Petri Dish Blues | 215 |
| 16 | Cloning: Will We Have a Hundred Jerry Falwells? | 228 |
| PART SIX | ||
| Genes, Behavior, and Race | ||
| 17 | Genes and Behavior: You Need a Golf Gene Here | 243 |
| 18 | Race and IQ: Two Myths Make a Bumble | 258 |
| PART SEVEN | ||
| On Truth and Lies | ||
| 19 | Our Failures: Is Anyone Innocent? | 277 |
| Sources | 293 | |
| Index | 311 | |
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