Cases on a scientific edge
Cases on a scientific edge
- 1998
- Financial Times 18 August 1998, 11(2) .
Considers the growth in the number of `junk science` cases that are ending up in the courts. Junk science is the product of speculative theories and poor statistics - the best example in the UK being electro-magnetic syndrome, where people claim that overhead power cables cause illness.
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC SYNDROME
HEALTH HAZARDS
JUNK SCIENCE
OVERHEAD CABLES
Considers the growth in the number of `junk science` cases that are ending up in the courts. Junk science is the product of speculative theories and poor statistics - the best example in the UK being electro-magnetic syndrome, where people claim that overhead power cables cause illness.
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC SYNDROME
HEALTH HAZARDS
JUNK SCIENCE
OVERHEAD CABLES