Doubt Is Their Product

May 28, 2008

Center for American Progress

David Michaels, former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health during the Clinton administration argued that corporations hire their own scientists to skew the safety records of certain products. In doing so, they manufacture and magnify scientific uncertainties and influence policy decisions to the advantage of .. Read More
David Michaels, former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health during the Clinton administration argued that corporations hire their own scientists to skew the safety records of certain products. In doing so, they manufacture and magnify scientific uncertainties and influence policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products. This has led to delayed action on specific hazards, including tobacco, global warming, asbestos, lead, plastics, and many other toxic materials. David Michaels is the author of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health, published by the Oxford University Press.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THIS AS A STORY I WILL TALK ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE STORY IT TELLS AND HOW IT...
00:26:47 Unidentified Speaker SO LET'S FIRST ASKED FROM ANY JOURNALISTS AND ANYBODY WITH A PH.D.? [LAUGHTER] SO LET'S START HERE...
00:27:04 Unidentified Speaker FIGURE FOR PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED TRANSPARENCY AND IS CLOSING CONFLICT OF INTEREST. TO BE WE WILL...
00:28:16 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. DIFFERENT SORT OF STOCK IN DRUGS IT TURNS OUT SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT OF THOSE...
00:29:00 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT AND I SAY THIS IN THE ABSENCE OF READING YOUR BOOK BUT...
00:29:36 Unidentified Speaker IT IS VERY HARD FOR A SCIENTIST TO GET INTO ANOTHER ROOM NOT CALL FOR MORE FUNDING OF SCIENTISTS....
00:30:27 Unidentified Speaker I AM A RETIREE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU DAVID, FOR AN EXTREMELY WELL-WRITTEN BOOK. IT IS A VERY...
00:33:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I AM FROM OCEANIC. A COUPLE OF THINGS I AM STRUCK DOWN A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES HAVE CENTERS...
00:34:50 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE ARE JOURNAL'S THE SPECIALIZED IN PUBLISHING WHAT I CALL QUESTIONABLE ANALYSIS....
00:36:13 Unidentified Speaker .
00:36:19 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM GW. I SUSPECT THAT MANY SCIENTISTS, PERHAPS MOST COME AGO INTERINDUSTRY THINK ANGRIER GOING...
00:38:06 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE. IF YOU ARGUE WE CANNOT TRUST INDUSTRY SCIENCE AND PEOPLE ARE RELYING...
00:38:32 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TO REBUILD GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WAY THE USES SCIENTIST FROM UNIVERSITIES AND ...
00:39:35 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE. I GUESS PERSONALLY I WOULD RATHER LEAVE THE RULE-MAKING...
00:40:44 Unidentified Speaker OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION THE MEDIA DOES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. IN A PROJECT...
00:42:42 Unidentified Speaker I WITH THE TOXICOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND DO DID A NICE JOB IN DIGGING UP THE...
00:43:18 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT FOLLOW THOSE AND THERE IS AN INTERESTING STORY OF CARBON BLOCK THAT HAS BEEN STEADY A LONG...
00:44:42 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OUTSTANDING BOOK. AND WITH THE UNITED MINE WORKERS AND OTHERS....
00:45:59 Unidentified Speaker THE PREFER SHARING PRINCIPAL IS AN INTERESTING IDEA BUT IT IS A BLUNT INSTRUMENT. I THINK IT IS USEFUL...
00:47:28 Unidentified Speaker I AM WITH BUT EPA AND THE PROFESSIONALS UNION AT EPA HEADQUARTERS. I WANT TO RAISE A POINT ACADEMIA...
00:49:00 Unidentified Speaker .
00:49:11 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE THE PUBLIC INTEREST I HAVE GOOD FORTUNE OF HAVING READ YOUR BOOK...
00:49:22 Unidentified Speaker SHE IS.
00:49:25 Unidentified Speaker A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION BECAUSE THIS STUDY THAT APPEARS IN THE "NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE", AND...
00:50:45 Unidentified Speaker I THINK AS THE LEVEL OF SKEPTICISM AROUND THE INDUSTRY SCIENCE PRIZES THEY WILL WANT GOOD SCIENCE....
00:52:51 Unidentified Speaker I'M FROM THE NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE MEDIA AS A FILTER BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC...
00:53:07 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION THE MEDIA IS A FILTER THAT IS HOW MOST AMERICANS GET THEIR INFORMATION DIRECTLY...
00:54:52 Unidentified Speaker ONE LAST QUESTION.
00:55:01 Unidentified Speaker THEY GIVE FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION I WITH OCEANIC. LAMENTED THE ISSUE OF HARM TO CHILDREN BEING...
00:56:08 Unidentified Speaker IT IS A SUBJECT TO LOOK AT HOW THE SCIENCE HAS DEVELOPED IT IS A CHEMICAL THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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