Brave New World of Zero Risk

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Brave New World of Zero Risk

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:29:13 +0100

 

 

 

 

Dear Friend,

 

This e-mail, contains information about the launch of Martin Walker's

new book, Brave New World of Zero Risk : Covert strategy in British

science policy.

 

The book is free to anyone who cares to download it. If you want to

support the book, inform as many people as you can about the launch

and after Wednesday 2 November 2005, put the Pdf of the book up on as

many sites as possible and send information out about it with newsletters.

 

Regards,

 

Martin J Walker

 

 

 

 

 

On Monday October 31st

The One Click Group

 

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk

 

Will be launching Martin Walker's latest book

 

Brave New World of Zero Risk:

 

Covert Strategy in British Science Policy

 

Published by Slingshot Publications

 

 

 

The book, which is in the form of a free downloadable Pdf,

will be available together with background information about the book

and its author

 

from Wednesday November 2nd

 

On the

Zero Risk web site.

 

http://www.zero-risk.org

 

 

Brave New World of Zero Risk

 

 

 

In 1997, New Labour brought to power a strange brew of liberalism,

anti-socialism, public relations and corporate lobbying. While

Thatcher had encouraged the pharmaceutical industry, Blair made it a

partner in government. The National Health Service, set up originally

to provide health care to the British people regardless of income,

has been sold off bit by bit, mainly to pharmaceutical interests. The

most serious consequence of ceding to corporate interests

responsibility for science, medicine and health, is that the

independence of science and any possible independence of health care

has been sacrificed. Corporate lobby groups, in bed with Big Pharma,

insurance companies and New Labour, now press for the least expensive

and the most profitable health care solutions. They attack alternative

medicine and campaign for animal testing and vivisection. They have

politicised science and now control its methodology and its research

results. Using spin, lies and propaganda they harass and isolate

anyone who comes to conclusions critical of new technology or

pharma-science. They preach zero risk and claim that new technologies

can cause no harm.

 

 

 

This book examines the contemporary corporate politics of science in

two areas, that of MMR (mumps, measles and rubella) vaccination and

the illness ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). It shows how those who

have fought for independent science have been bullied, attacked and

discredited, using political strategies that have nothing to do with

science and everything to do with power and profit.

 

 

 

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On Wednesday 2nd November the book will be available for download at

the Zero Risk site and hopefully many other sites. Martin would be

especially grateful if, in recognition of the 6 months hard work he

and others put in to produce the book, you could make a donation on

the site when you download your free copy.....Zeus

 

 

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