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Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming: Why Scares are Costing Us the Earth

by: Christopher Booker, Richard North

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780826486141
ISBN: 0826486142
Label: Continuum International Publishing Group
Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: March 01, 2008
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Studio: Continuum International Publishing Group

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Modern society has regularly, in recent years, been gripped by a series of headline making "scares" - from mad cow disease to SARS -- which have become one of the most conspicuous and damaging features of our modern world. This book is the first to tell the inside story of each of the major scares of the past two decades, showing how they have followed a remarkably consistent pattern. It analyzes the crucial role played in each case by scientists how have misread or manipulated the evidence; by media and lobbyists who eagerly promote the scare without regard to the facts; and finally by the politicians and officials who come up with an absurdly disproportionate response, leaving us all to pay the price, which may run into billions of dollars.
Scared to Death culminates in a chillingly detailed account of the story behind what the authors believe has become the greatest scare of them all: the belief that the world faces disaster through manmade global warming. In a final chapter, the authors take on its proponents such as Al Gore in a devastating critique of the consensus on global warming and its consequences.

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- A GREAT, well-documented recitation of recent historical Scares
This book describes and documents (thoroughly) a series of historically recent hysteria incidents in Britain and America, usually caused by "real" events which were immediately blown up out of all proportion to the event itself by people with their own agendas, some in private life, including academia, and some in government, by using incomplete or inaccurate data. The authors posit a pattern that seems to exist for each "scare" that determines the severity of the political and economic consequences. ... Read More

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- Too Far From Home
Relevant in that all governments are incompetant and inefficient, but the book is England based. Government names and titles are probably wasted on most Americans and that hurts your ability to follow much of the book. I had hoped for something a little closer to home; the global warming issue is closer due to heavy US involvement, but that's less than a quarter of the book. Well researched and documented. Presents the "other side" of many issues that the stampede misses. A very slow read.

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- Antidote for Scares
"Scared to Death" does a very good job of describing past scares: Salmonella in eggs, Listeria in cheese, Mad Cow Disease, Dioxins in poultry feed, anti-malarial DDT, SARS and bird flu, The Milennium Bug, Ritualized Child Abuse, Auto Speed Limits, Lead in gasoline, Passive Smoking, organophosphorus in pesticides, and The Great Asbestos Scam. This book also summarizes the misinformation and misconceptions surrounding the Global Warming Scare and explains why the Kyoto Protocol is a futile and economically ... Read More

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- SCARED TO DEATH. BX16
Prompt service. Easy to order. Fair price. Product in good order. Prompt
delivery. Book is hard to wade through at the start, but picks up
speed. VERY INFORMATIVE!

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- Brilliant analysis of scares
Journalist Christopher Booker and former food safety consultant Dr Richard North have written a fascinating book on the rash of scares in the last 20 years. They earlier worked together on a brilliant book on the European Union The great deception.

They study the food scares - salmonella in eggs (1988-9), listeria in cheese, BSE in beef (1996-9) and dioxins in Belgian poultry (1999). Other scares they discuss include the Millennium bug (1999), DDT, the satanic child abuse mania (1987-94), lead, ... Read More

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