Three-fourths of scientific research in the United States is funded
by special interests. Many of these groups have specific practical
goals, such as developing pharmaceuticals or establishing that a
pollutant causes only minimal harm. For groups with financial
conflicts of interest, their scientific findings often can be
deeply flawed.
To uncover and assess these scientific flaws, award-winning
biologist and philosopher of science Kristin Shrader-Frechette uses
the analytical tools of classic philosophy of science. She
identifies and evaluates the concepts, data, inferences, methods,
models, and conclusions of science tainted by the influence of
special interests. As a result, she challenges accepted scientific
findings regarding risks such as chemical toxins and carcinogens,
ionizing radiation, pesticides, hazardous-waste disposal,
development of environmentally sensitive lands, threats to
endangered species, and less-protective standards for
workplace-pollution exposure. In so doing, she dissects the science
on which many contemporary scientific controversies turn.
Demonstrating and advocating "liberation science," she shows how
practical, logical, methodological, and ethical evaluations of
science can both improve its quality and credibility -- and protect
people from harm caused by flawed science, such as underestimates
of cancers caused by bovine growth hormones, cell phones, fracking,
or high-voltage wires.
This book is both an in-depth look at the unreliable scientific
findings at the root of contemporary debates in biochemistry,
ecology, economics, hydrogeology, physics, and zoology -- and a
call to action for scientists, philosophers of science, and all
citizens.
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