Politicizing Science, Alchemy : The Alchemy of Policymaking

Foreword vii John Raisian William O'Keefe Contributors xi Introduction: Science, Risks, and Politics 1(26) Michael Gough Harmful Politicization of Science 27(22) William Happer The Corrosive Effects of Politicized Regulation of Science and Technology 49(24) Henry I. Miller Science and Public Policy 73(18) Joseph P. Martino Endocrine Disruptors 91(26) Stephen Safe Cancer Prevention and the Environmental Chemical Distraction 117(26) Bruce Ames Lois Swirsky Gold Nuclear Power 143(28) Bernard L. Cohen Science or Political Science? An Assessment of the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change 171(22) Patrick J. Michaels The Political Science of Agent Orange and Dioxin 193(34) Michael Gough Science and Politics in the Regulation of Chemicals in Sweden 227(34) Robert Nilsson How Precaution Kills: The Demise of DDT and the Resurgence of Malaria 261(22) Roger Bate The Revelle-Gore Story: Attempted Political Suppression of Science 283(16) S. Fred Singer Index 299