Doubt Is Their Product

How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

May 28, 2008, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

In his eye-opening new book, Doubt Is Their Product, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Industry executives, he argues, have hired unscrupulous scientists and lobbyists to skew the scientific literature, manufacture and magnify scientific uncertainty, and influence policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products. In doing so, they have delayed action on specific hazards—including global warming, asbestos, lead, plastics, and many other toxic materials—and constructed barriers to make it harder for lawmakers, government agencies, and courts to respond to future threats. 

Please join the Center for American Progress for a presentation by David Michaels on industry's assault on science and the consequences for public health.