Junk Science Judo: Self-defense against health scares and scams by Steven
Milloy, Cato Institute, $18.95, ISBN 1930865120
JUDO is the art of self-defence. Steven J. Milloy hijacks the idea to show
that, armed with a dozen basic principles of what makes good and bad science,
the average person should be able to read about a new health scare in the
newspaper and exercise some healthy, defensive scepticism. He began his book in
1996 as a website, and continues to update it with new articles.
It’s certainly true that media coverage of health news can be lamentable,
from PR-driven claims for…
