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Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns
"...the 'proof' of man's destruction of the environment isconsistently flawed.... the scientific method is being abused andignored. The errors are not random, however, but are systematicallybiased toward attempting to prove the guilt of man in the allegeddestruction of the planet. Objective science is disappearing and isbeing replaced by the pursuit of a philosophical agenda."
--Richard F. Sanford in Environmentalism and theAssault on Reason Chapter 1
"The public has numerous misconceptions about the relationshipbetween environmental pollution and human cancer. Underlying thesemisconceptions is an erroneous belief that nature is benign."
--Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D. and Lois Swirsky Gold, Ph.D inEnvironmental Pollution and Some Misconceptions Chapter7
"Greenhouse gases have been increasing in the atmosphere,largely as a result of human activities. However, the climaterecord does not show the temperature increase and other telltalesigns of the expected greenhouse effect. The mathematical modelsused for predicting such effects are evidently not complete enoughto encompass all of the relevant physical processes in theatmosphere, thus throwing grave doubt on the drastic warminghypothesized for the next century."
--S. Fred Singer in Global Climate Facts andFiction Chapter 13
"...There is now no prima-facie case for any expensive policy ofsafeguarding species without more extensive analysis than has sofar been done."
--Julian L. Simon in Disappearing Species,Deforestation and Data Chapter 26
--Richard F. Sanford in Environmentalism and theAssault on Reason Chapter 1
"The public has numerous misconceptions about the relationshipbetween environmental pollution and human cancer. Underlying thesemisconceptions is an erroneous belief that nature is benign."
--Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D. and Lois Swirsky Gold, Ph.D inEnvironmental Pollution and Some Misconceptions Chapter7
"Greenhouse gases have been increasing in the atmosphere,largely as a result of human activities. However, the climaterecord does not show the temperature increase and other telltalesigns of the expected greenhouse effect. The mathematical modelsused for predicting such effects are evidently not complete enoughto encompass all of the relevant physical processes in theatmosphere, thus throwing grave doubt on the drastic warminghypothesized for the next century."
--S. Fred Singer in Global Climate Facts andFiction Chapter 13
"...There is now no prima-facie case for any expensive policy ofsafeguarding species without more extensive analysis than has sofar been done."
--Julian L. Simon in Disappearing Species,Deforestation and Data Chapter 26
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First published May 1, 1992
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January 6, 2024
This book is a collection of essays by different people, mostly scientists. Most of the essays are short, but very well footnoted. Topics covered include "acid rain", DDT, carcinogens, absetos, ozone, radon, recycling, and even global warming.
If you get hold of the book, flip to the essay on DDT by J.Gordon Edwards, Ph.d,. Twelve pages later you'll have a different perspective of environmentalists. Most of the other essays will add to the inductions.
If you get hold of the book, flip to the essay on DDT by J.Gordon Edwards, Ph.d,. Twelve pages later you'll have a different perspective of environmentalists. Most of the other essays will add to the inductions.
January 27, 2008
A compilation of essays written by some of the top ecologists in the world. Not digestible via "evening news" or "newspaper headlines" format.
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