Bad Advice
Bad Advice Science doesn't speak for itself. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the…
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Bad Advice
Science doesn't speak for itself. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and na ve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires.
Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation. Amid this onslaught of spurious information, Americans are more confused than ever about what's good for them and what isn't.In Bad Advice, Paul A. For the past twenty years, Offit has been on the front lines in the fight for sound science and public heath.
Stepping into the media spotlight as few scientists have done--such as being one of the first