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Taking distrust of science seriously
Author(s) -
Kabat Geoffrey C
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201744294
Subject(s) - distrust , environmental ethics , political science , philosophy , law
Scientific disputes on controversial issues – from endocrine disrupting chemicals to climate change – risk increasing public distrust in science if scientists pretend that there is a consensus when in fact there is not.