Science and Pseudoscience, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Articles and slide shows
Slideshows:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) – Science and Pseudoscience
Slide show on science, pseudoscience, and the ethics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
*Confronting Pseudoscience and Threats from a Corporate Front Group – The American Council on Science and Health
Exposé of the American Council on Science and Health – based on articles below
Corporate Front Groups, ACSH – short version
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*Pseudoscience, Greenwash and Scientific Ignorance
Slide show covering corporate greenwash, pseudoscience, and scientific ignorance
*Screening, Scams, and CT Scans
Slide show covering direct-to-consumer marketing of unnecessary (and potentially harmful) screening tests. Slide show also reviews benefits and risks of CT scans and examines health care fraud
Articles:
*Combating corporate control of public health – Z Magazine
Article examining corporate control of public health, education, the media, legislators, etc., including examples and solutions
Corporate Front Groups & Abuse of Science – ACSH – Z Mag
Article describing corporate front groups and the abuse of science, focusing on the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
*Corporate Front Groups & Abuse of Science – ACSH – Z Mag with background and references
Z Magazine article describing corporate front groups and the abuse of science, focusing on the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), with background and references
EPA library closures – LO Review 5-07.doc
Editorial re closing of EPA libraries by Bush administration
EPA Library Closures – Oregonian 12-06.doc
Editorial re closing of EPA libraries by Bush administration
*Historical Perspectives on Scientific Research – Adv Hlth Sci Educ
Article covering ticle on historical and literary perspectives on scientific research
External Links:
Center for Science in the Public Interest: http://www.cspinet.org/
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry: http://www.csicop.org/
James Randi Educational Foundation: http://www.randi.org/
Scientists for Global Responsibility: http://www.sgr.org.uk/index.html