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The Name Game: How Unethical Environmental Groups and Toxic Fanatics Scare You With Words
The Name Game How Unethical Environmental Groups and Toxic Fanatics Scare You With Words Author:Josh Bloom Ph.D. Organic food companies, environmental groups and fame-seeking celebrities have been attempting to undermine the American public?s confidence in science by using a clever technique ? telling people to fear what they cannot pronounce. This publication breaks down how benign terminology is being manipulated in such a way as to create fear and panic... more » about common household products and ingredients. Groups promoting "chemophobia" literally seek to use the language of science against science, to scare donors into giving them money, and to promote a dishonest agenda. This book instead provides you with a way to separate science fact from environmental fiction. The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) is a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. It was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public.« less