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> "What he wrote is the same memo we have seen in multiple industries subsequently," says David Michaels, author of The Triumph of Doubt, which details how the
by Hokusai 6y ago
> "What he wrote is the same memo we have seen in multiple industries subsequently," says David Michaels, author of The Triumph of Doubt, which details how the pesticides, plastics and sugar industries have also used these tactics.
Meanwhile big corporations go unpunished for killing people in the thousands and making live worse for millions things would not change.
The result of their actions is death at a scale that most criminals cannot even imagine. But, as they commit their murders with several degrees of separation from the consequences it seems that many people don't hold them accountable (and dirty money also helps).
Related news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24535241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24535241 (Global banks defy U.S. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists )
- acqq 6y agoThe new book mentioned: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-triumph-of-doubt-9780190922665 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-triumph-of-doubt... "The Triumph of Doubt -- Dark Money and the Science of Deception" David Michaels, April 2020 "- An insider's look at the machinations of manufactured doubt in science — bogus studies, congressional testimonies, think-tank policy documents — and how they have risen to prominence in American life and government - Details how corporations manipulate science not just to defend dangerous products and activities, but also to market them as safe - New details around high-profile cases of manufactured, misleading uncertainty, including in car manufacturing, professional sports, our food and drink, and the air we breathe"
- ncmncm 6y agoLaws already on the books permit prosecution of those executives. The Justice Department only needs to apply them, as written.