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Misconceptions on Pollution and the Causes of Cancer
Author(s) -
Ames Bruce N.,
Gold Lois Swirsky
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199011971
Subject(s) - environmental pollution , epistemology , pollution , cancer , psychology , environmental ethics , engineering ethics , environmental health , geography , medicine , environmental protection , philosophy , engineering , biology , ecology
Abstract The public has numerous misconceptions about the relationship between environmental pollution and human cancer. Underlying these misconceptions is an erroneous belief that nature is benign. In this article we highlight eight of these misconceptions and describe the scientific information that undermines each one.