Manufacturing uncertainty: contested science and the protection of the public's health and environment.

@article{Michaels2005ManufacturingUC,
  title={Manufacturing uncertainty: contested science and the protection of the public's health and environment.},
  author={David B. Michaels and Celeste Monforton},
  journal={American journal of public health},
  year={2005},
  volume={95 Suppl 1},
  pages={
          S39-48
        }
}
Opponents of public health and environmental regulations often try to "manufacture uncertainty" by questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulations are based. Though most identified with the tobacco industry, this strategy has also been used by producers of other hazardous products. Its proponents use the label "junk science" to ridicule research that threatens powerful interests. This strategy of manufacturing uncertainty is antithetical to the public health principle… 
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