PASSIVE SMOKE: The EPA'S Betrayal Of Science And Policy. by Gori, Gio and John Luik - 1999

Fraser Institute:, 1999. 118 pages. "In 1993 a EPA study concluded that second-hand smoke caused around 3,000 lung cancer deaths a year among non-smokers. Anti-tobacco activists used the report to secure full or partial bans on indoor smoking in the U.S. AND Canada. Recently, however a U.S. Federal Court declared the EPA's risk assessment of ETS null and void, finding that the agency acted illegally and corrupted science to engage in a campaign of public disinformation. If the science underpinning public policy is purposefully distorted, then the public's trust in regulatory decisions will be lost- with disastrous consequences. Reflecting on the facts, this book raises fundamental questions about the endemic abuses of power by public bureaucracies." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.