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abortions:
and fetal pain, 9–16
and fetal tissue, 90, 93
misinformation spread about, 88, 95, 186
and rape cases, 186–88
Republican Party position on, 9–10, 11, 16
restrictions on, 27, 93
and women’s rights, 10
Abraham, Ralph, 10, 14–15
acid rain, 2, 127, 149–50
Acorn Fork, Kentucky, natural gas well site spillage in, 117, 119
aging process, research on, 103
AIDS, 201–3
air quality, 125–31
and cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134
and technological innovation, 136
see also greenhouse gases
Akin, Todd, 186, 187–88
Alaska:
glaciers in, 38–42, 39
seafood industry in, 170
alcohol:
animal studies on use of, 19
gateway effect of, 17, 21, 22
Al Qaeda, 97
Alzheimer’s disease, research on, 108
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, 147
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 12
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, 147
American Geophysical Union (AGU), 53
American Psychological Association (APA), 189
American Society for Cell Biology, 90
amniocentesis, 11, 13
anaphylaxis, 197
Antarctic ice sheet, 45
anthropogenic forcing, 101
anti-science, 204
anti-vaccination movement, 6, 60, 64, 65, 67, 195–200
AquaBounty, 168, 169
AquAdvantage salmon (GE) fish, 166–70
Arizona, solar power in, 132
armadillos, disease transmitted via, 69
Armstrong, Neil, 49
Army Corps of Engineers:
and wetlands protection, 183
Arndt, Deke, 25–26
arsenic, 117
asthma, 197
Atlantic, 188
autism, 63–64, 195, 196–97, 199
avian influenza, 54–55, 56
babies:
anencephalic, 13
premature, 110
Bachmann, Michele, 195
barium, 117
Barnett Shale formation, North Texas, 117
Battelle Memorial Institute, 158, 159–60
Bellen, Hugo, 106, 108
Bell’s palsy, 197
Benishek, Dan, 9
benzene, 115
Berkeley Earth, 78
Big Hill Acres, Mississippi, 183
Biological Psychiatry, 19
biorepository, 92
biospecimen research, 92
bird flu, 54–55, 56
birth defects, testing for, 13
Blame the Blogger, 73–95
and climate change, 74–75
and global warming, 80–84
and Planned Parenthood, 88–95
see also Internet
Blind Eye to Follow-Up, 155–71
and “Climategate scandal,” 161–66
and frontal lobotomy, 155–56, 161, 171
and genetic research, 156–61
Boehner, John, 4
Bolden, Charles, 50
Bonnen, Dennis H., 151, 153
Booker, Christopher, 75, 77–78, 79
Boustany, Charles, 9
Bozeman, Barry, 160–61
BP oil well blowout, 131
brain:
and gateway drugs, 17
pain experienced in, 11–12, 13–14
BRAIN Initiative, 160
British Medical Journal, 63
Brooks, Mo, 60–62, 64, 66
Buchanan, Pat, 67–68, 69
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 50, 87
Bush, George W.:
administration of, 135, 183
and budget cuts, 56–58, 137
on global warming, 140
and NIH funding, 55–58, 104
on renewable energy, 135, 137
Bush, Jeb, 141, 204
Butter-Up and Undercut, 44–59
and NASA’s funding, 44–47, 49–50, 51–52, 54
and NASA’s mission, 44, 46–49
and NIH’s funding, 54–59
California:
solar power in, 132
vaccination rates in, 64–65
wind power in, 130
cancer:
and genetic research, 160
and HPV, 151–52
pain of, 123
precursors of, 152
cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134, 144–45
Cape Canaveral, Florida, 50–51, 51
carbon dioxide, 98, 128–29, 134, 148, 193–94
Carson, Ben:
on immigration, 66
on sexual orientation, 188–89, 191–92
Carter, Jimmy, 1
Cato Institute, 177–79
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, 94
Center for Medical Progress (CMP), 88, 91, 93, 94
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
favorability rating of, 45
on immigrants and disease, 62
and vaccination, 61, 153, 197–200
on water contamination, 115
Certain Uncertainty, 138–54
in climate science, 139–50
and HPV vaccine, 151–54
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), 152
Chagas fever, 68, 69
Cherry, James, 200
Cherry-Pick, 28–43
and climate change, 28–43
and TOADS, 29–31
chlorofluorocarbons, 98
Christie, Chris:
on cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134
on marijuana, 16–17, 19, 21, 22
and solar power, 132–34
Christy, John, 35–36
chub, creek, 117
CitiGroup, 148
civil rights:
and marriage equality, 188–89, 192
and sexual orientation, 188–92
Clean Air Act, amendments to (1990), 127
Clean Air Interstate Rule (2005), 127
Clean Power Plan, 134, 146–47, 148
Clean Water Act (1972), 181, 185
Clean Water Rule, 180–81
climate:
human influences on, 101, 143
long-term, 30, 33, 36, 37
Climate Action Report (US State Dept.), 129
climate change:
and Alaska’s glaciers, 38–42, 39
and Blame the Blogger, 74–75, 80–84
and Certain Uncertainty, 139–50
and Cherry-Pick, 28–43
deniers of, 26, 27, 28–31, 45, 80–84, 162–63, 194
and disease, 68–69
economic effects of, 4, 145–49
global agreement on, 148
and global temperatures, 23–27, 30, 74–79
and greenhouse gases, 128
Internet blog sources on, 74–75, 80–84
misinformation spread about, 3–4, 6, 165
Oversimplification, 23–27
Pentagon on, 99–101
preventing action on, 165–66
and public health, 147
Ridicule and Dismiss, 96–101, 102
and rising sea levels, 4, 50–51, 99–100, 139, 147, 205
scientific consensus on, 81
and terrorism, 100, 101
and TOADS, 29–31, 74, 75, 80, 88, 164, 194
and warming hiatus, 31, 33–34
see also global warming
“Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap” (Pentagon), 99–101
Climate Dynamics, 144
“Climategate scandal,” 161–66
climate science:
evolution of, 86, 88, 149, 206
fingerprint analysis in, 142–43, 143
NASA’s activities in, 45–47, 81, 143, 205
paleoclimatology, 139
Climatic Research Unit (CRU), East Anglia, 161–64
climatology, see climate science
Clinton, Bill, 69
coal:
burning, 129
and climate change, 149
Coburn, Tom, 101–2, 109
cocaine:
tolerance for, 19
use of, 18, 22
Collins, Francis, 58
Columbia University, 50, 51
Commerce Department, US, 163
Compton, Carolyn, 91–92
Conspicuous Silence, 201–6
and AIDS, 201–2
on HIV, 202–3
and science debates, 203–4
correlation vs. causation, 18, 63–64, 115–16, 137
cortex, 12, 13, 14
Couric, Katie, 193, 194
Credit Snatch, 124–37
and air quality, 125–31
and cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134
and elections, 135, 137
and solar power, 132–34, 135–37
Cruz, Ted:
on global cooling, 85–86, 87, 88
on global warming, 31, 33–34, 37
on hard vs. soft sciences, 52–54
on NASA’s funding, 44–47, 51–52, 54
and NASA’s mission, 44, 47, 49
Cuomo, Chris, 189
D68 virus, 62
dace, blackside, 117, 119
Daleiden, David, 88, 89, 94
Dear, Robert, 95
decadal surveys, 53–54
Democratic Party, on women’s rights, 10
Demonizer, 60–72
and immigration, 60–63, 66–72
and vaccinations, 60, 64–66
dengue fever, 68–69
Development and Psychopathology, 20
diabetes, and vaccines, 197
Diesel Emissions Reduction Incentive, 126, 128
diphtheria, 197
Disneyland, 60, 64, 65
diurnal drift, 36
Drosophila melanogaster, see fruit flies
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 120–21
DTaP vaccine, 197
Ebola outbreak (2014), 58
education, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), 44–45
Ellis Island, 67
El Niño, 32
Emmerich, Wyatt, 182, 183, 184
Enders, John Franklin, 91
Energy Department, US:
budget cuts of, 137
and SunShot, 136–37
on wind power, 136
Energy Information Administration (EIA), 127, 128, 130–31
Energy Policy Act (2005), 137
enterovirus, 61–62
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
and Clean Power Plan, 134, 146–47, 148
and Clean Water Rule/Act, 180–81, 185
and “Climategate scandal,” 163–64
and fish, 172–79
and fracking, 115, 117
and greenhouse gas emissions, 129
and Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, 173–74
and Mount St. Helens, 2
and wetlands protection, 182–85
Environmental Science & Technology, 117
epigenetic effects, 190
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 19
Exit Glacier, Alaska, 39–40, 39
Fabius Maximus (FM) blog, 81–84
fabrications, see Straight-Up Fabrication
Face the Nation, 144
FactCheck.org, 91
factories, as point sources, 2, 126, 127
fallacy of anecdotal evidence, 29, 42–43, 118, 154
fecundity, 191
Fergusson, David, 21–22
fertility, 191
fetal pain, 9–16
fetal tissue, 88–94
Fiorina, Carly, 89, 90, 93–94
fish, 172–79
genetically engineered (GE), 166–70
“high-end” subsistence fishers, 178–79
mercury in, 173–76, 178–79
recreational angler households, 174, 176–77, 179
Florida, and rising sea levels, 50–51
fluorinated gases, 99
flu vaccines, 197
flu viruses, 54–55
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and GMOs, 166–69
fossil fuels:
burning, 2, 48, 129–30, 146
oil prices, 137
Fox, Josh, 114
fracking, 112–20
cement integrity of wells in, 114, 117, 119
process of, 113, 118, 119
regulation of, 114, 119
and water contamination, 112, 114–20, 122
fracking fluid, 113–15, 117, 118–19
Frankenfish, 166–70
frontal lobotomy, 155–56, 161, 171
fruit flies, 105
as model organism, 103, 107, 108
research on, 101–9
fuel switching, 129
Gardasil, 151–53, 195
Gasland (documentary film), 114, 120
gateway drugs, 16–22
biological mechanisms underlying, 21
effects on body and brain, 17
twin studies on, 19–20
General Accounting Office, 92–93
genes, and heredity, 107
genetically engineered (GE) fish, 166–70
genetic manipulation:
and fruit fly research, 108, 109
GMOs, 166–70
genetic mutations, 107–8
genetic research, 106–9
and cancer, 160
Human Genome Project, 156–61
genetic testing, 13
George C. Marshall Institute, 35
geothermal energy, 137
Gibson, Lauren, 191–92
Gingrich, Newt, 105
GISS, 36
glaciers:
catchment basins of, 41
ice loss from, 41
mass imbalance in, 40
receding or growing, 38–42, 39
“reference,” 42
global cooling:
as red herring, 4
sources of myth about, 85–88
and sulfates in stratosphere, 194
Global Historical Climatology Network, 79
global temperatures, 23–27, 74–79
and cherry-picking data, 32–43
corrections and adjustments to, 34–35, 77, 78, 79
and El Niño, 32
fingerprint analysis of, 142–43, 143
human impact on, 143, 144, 205
measurement of, 25, 48, 75–76, 77, 139
regional variations in, 33, 40, 76
satellite data on, 34–37
global warming:
and Blame the Blogger, 80–84
and Certain Uncertainty, 139–50
and Cherry-Pick, 29, 31
and “Climategate scandal,” 162–66
and greenhouse gases, 98
human causes of, 140–45
and Straight-Up Fabrication, 194
as threat multiplier, 99
and TOADS, 29–31
and warming hiatus, 31, 33–34
see also climate change; global temperatures
GMOs (genetically modified organisms), 166–70
evidence of no harm in, 166–67, 168
purposes of, 166
Golden Fleece Awards (Proxmire), 109
Golden Goose Awards, 109–10
GOP, see Republican Party
Graham, Lindsey, 7
greenhouse gases, 98, 125–29, 144
and climate change, 128
and global warming, 98
lawsuits involved in, 130–31
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, 131–32, 134
Greenland ice sheet, 42, 45
Greenwood (Mississippi) Commonwealth, 182
groundwater contamination, 114
Grueber, Martin, 158
Gwynne, Peter, 86
HAART (highly active anti-
retroviral therapy), 202–3
HADCRUT, 36
Hansen’s disease, 69
health care:
and immigration, 71–72
savings in, 110, 147
Helms, Jesse, 70
Hensley, Christopher, 191–92
hepatitis, 68, 198
herd immunity, 65
heroin, 18, 121
HIV, 69–70, 202–3
HIV-associated sensory neuropathy, 121–22
Homewood, Paul, 74–75, 77–78
homosexuality, 190–92
and AIDS, 201–2
and choice, 189–91, 200
discrimination and harassment of, 192
and fecundity, 191
genetic component in, 190–91
horizontal drilling, 113, 116
HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine, 151–54, 195–97
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, 39
Huckabee, Mike, on climate change, 96–101, 102, 193–94
Huffman, Jared, 167, 169
Human Genome Project, 156–61
hydraulic fracturing, see fracking
hydrochloric acid, 115
hydrochlorofluorocarbons, 98
ice age, 4, 85
ice thickness, measurement of, 34, 139
immigration, 60–63
and disease, 60–62, 64, 66–72
disputes over resources and, 100, 205
and health care, 71–72
and vaccinations, 65–66
Immigration Act (1917), 70
industrial facilities:
and acid rain, 150
as point sources, 2, 127, 128–29
Inhofe, James:
Cherry-Pick by, 28–29, 30
and “Climategate scandal,” 164–66
The Greatest Hoax, 164
Literal Nitpick by, 112, 113–14, 117–20, 122
Inside Science, 86
Institute of Medicine (IOM), 17–18, 197
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 81–84
on causes of climate change, 144
climate goals set, 165
Fifth Assessment Report of, 142
Interior Department, US:
and fracking, 114
on wetlands, 184–85
Internet:
on climate change, 74–75, 80–84
false information spread via, 64, 73–74, 80, 81, 89, 93, 95
on global cooling, 85–88
level playing field of, 73, 85
Planned Parenthood videos on, 88–95
Iowa Ag Summit (2015), 131
IQ deficits, 173, 175, 178
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 45
ISIS:
beheadings by, 99, 100
spread of, 97
Jackson (Mississippi) Northside Sun, 182
Jacobson, Mark Z., 146
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), 13–14, 19
Jeffries, Michael, 188
Jindal, Bobby, 7
Journal of Geophysical Research, 78–79
Journal of Pediatrics, 199
Jurassic Park (film), 169
Justice Department, US, 183, 184
Kennedy, John F., 48
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 50–51, 51
kissing bug, 69
Krauss, Lawrence, 204
Lancet, 63
leprosy, 68, 69
Lewandowsky, Stephan, 140–41
LGBTQ community, 192
Literal Nitpick, 111–24
and fracking, 112–20, 122
and medical marijuana, 120–23
Lost in Translation, 172–85
and EPA, 172–84
and fish, 172–79
and water quality, 180–81, 185
and wetlands, 182–85
LSD, 121
Lucas, Robert, 180, 181–84
Lynch, Loretta, 121
Maher, Bill, 80, 81, 84
malaria, 68
manufacturing, decline in US, 128–29
marijuana:
as gateway drug, 16–22
medical uses of, 120–23
Schedule 1 status of, 121
THC in, 19, 121
Marijuana and Medicine (Institute of Medicine), 17–18
Markel, Howard, 71
marriage equality, 188–89, 192
MATS rule (Mercury and Air Toxics Standard), 173–74
Mayo Clinic website, 73
McComb (Mississippi)
Enterprise-Journal, 182, 183
McConnell, Mitch, 4, 85, 88
McEntee, Christine, 53
McKenna, Mike, 5
Mears, Carl, 36–37
measles, 60–61, 62–65, 91
Merck Pharmaceutical, 152
Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS rule), 173–74
mercury emissions, 173–76, 178–79
Merker, Bjorn, 13
methamphetamines, use of, 18
methane, 98, 116, 119
methylmercury, 176
Middle East, radical groups in, 96, 97, 99
Mississippi Department of Health, 183
MMR vaccine, 63–64, 195–97, 200
model organisms, 103, 107, 108
Moniz, Egas, 156, 161
Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 107, 108
mosquitoes, 68, 69
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, 193–94
Mount St. Helens eruption, 1–3, 194
Müller, Hermann, 107–8
Muller, Richard, 78
multiple sclerosis, 122
mumps, 63–64
Murkowski, Lisa, 167, 168–69
Murphy, Matt, 60, 74
naphthalene, 115
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration):
and climate change, 45–47, 81, 143, 205
creation of, 47–48
funding of, 44–50, 51–52, 54
on global temperatures, 23–26, 33, 34, 36, 48, 78
on human influence on climate, 143
mission of, 44, 46–49
and rising sea levels, 50–51, 51
National Academy of Sciences, 17–18, 53, 101, 116, 150
National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958), 47–48
National Biomarker Development Alliance, 92
National Cancer Institute, 92
National Economic Research Associates (NERA), 146–47, 148
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 17, 19
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
basic scientific research in, 56–59
and Ebola outbreak, 58
funding of, 55–59, 102, 104–5
Revitalization Act (1993), 91
National Mining Association, 147
National Research Council, 87
National Science Foundation (NSF), 57, 104
National Snow and Ice Data Center, 42
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-
Associated Recreation, 176
natural gas:
as fossil fuel, 129
fracking for, 112–20
natural gas boom, 122–23, 128
Nature, 146, 160
Nature Geoscience, 144
Netherlands, drug use in, 22
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 81–84
neuroanatomy, 11, 12
neurobiology, 108
Neurology, 121
Neuropsychopharmacology, 19
neuroscience, 107
New Jersey:
and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, 131–32, 134
solar power in, 132–34
Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program in, 133–34
Newsweek, 86, 88
New York Times, 105
Nickles, Don, 69, 70
nicotine:
animal studies on use of, 19
gateway effect of, 17, 21, 22
nitrogen oxide, 125, 126
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), 205
and Global Historical Climatology Network, 79
on global temperatures, 23–27, 33, 34, 36, 78
ocean-based climate station of, 76
nociception, 14
North Dakota, fracking in, 113
“not a scientist”:
as dumb talking point, 5
Obama’s statement, 205
Reagan’s statement, 1, 3, 127, 192
as Republican talking point, 7
NOVA website, 73
Nucatola, Deborah, 90, 91
Obama, Barack:
in Alaska, 38–40
and BRAIN Initiative, 160
and Clean Power Plan, 146
on climate change, 23–27, 96–98, 205
and disease prevention, 70
and Human Genome Project, 156–57, 159, 161
and NIH funding, 56
on radical groups in Middle East, 96
oil and gas industry:
and cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134
and climate change, 149
and fracking, 112–20
tax breaks for, 137
Oklahoma, fracking in, 118
olfaction, research on, 103
Otto, Shawn Lawrence, 204
Oversimplification, 9–27
and abortions, 9–16, 27
on climate change, 23–27
on gateway drugs, 16–22,
27
Oxburgh Report, 163
ozone hole, 98
ozone levels, 125
pain:
and the brain, 11–12, 13–14
fetal, 9–16
and medical marijuana, 122, 123
as subjective experience, 10
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (2015), 9
paleoclimatology, 139
Palin, Sarah, 38–39, 41, 42
Palmer, Gary:
on climate change, 74, 79, 80
and “Climategate scandal,” 162–63, 164, 166
pandemics, 54, 55, 100
Paul, Rand:
on fruit fly research, 102–5, 107, 108–9
Government Bullies, 181, 184
and Lucas story, 180, 181–82, 183
and Planned Parenthood, 89, 90
on vaccinations, 195–96, 198, 200
Pediatrics, 199–200
Pennsylvania:
fracking in, 113
oil and gas development in, 116
water supply safety in, 116
Pentagon, on climate change, 99–101
Perry, Rick:
on greenhouse gas emissions, 125–29
on HPV vaccine, 151–53
and Planned Parenthood, 89, 90
as Texas governor, 130–31
pertussis, 197
petroleum distillate, 115
Pew Research Center, 45
phenotypes, 106
pheromones, research on, 104
Pierrehumbert, Raymond, 35
Planned Parenthood, 88–95
anti-abortion video about, 88
fetal tissue sales misrepresented, 88–94
violence against, 88, 94–95
Pletcher, Scott, 103–4, 105
polio, 68, 91
politicians:
credit claimed by, 124–25, 130–31, 137
“do nothing” urged by, 138–39, 140–41, 144, 146, 148–50, 165
ideology promoted by, 153, 165, 171
misinformation spread by, 4–6, 93, 95, 187, 206
public influence of, 6, 95
scientific research belittled by, 102–5, 108–9, 110
words chosen by, 14, 112, 118–20, 123, 153
pollution:
and cap-and-trade, 131–32, 134
and credit snatch, 125–34
from point sources, 2, 126, 127–29
Potts, Brian, 177, 179
power plants:
and acid rain, 150
reducing emissions from, 127–28, 130
precipitation patterns, changing, 99–100
precipitation rates, 40–41, 139
Precision Medicine Initiative, 156–57
pregnancy, 187
presidency:
expert knowledge available to, 1–3, 205
political opponents’ belittling of, 101
prison, and sexual orientation, 189, 191–92, 200
Proxmire, William, 109
psychosurgery, 156, 171
quantum physics, 173
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 180, 181
rape:
and abortion, 186–88
in college culture, 187–88
“legitimate,” 186–87, 200
rat pups, massage of, 110
Reagan, Ronald:
and acid rain, 2, 149–50
and AIDS, 201–3
on Mount St. Helens eruption, 1–3, 194
RealClimate blog, 35
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, 131–32, 134
Remote Sensing Systems, 36
Republican Party:
on abortions, 9–10, 11, 16
antiscience attitudes in, 7, 105
and Certain Uncertainty, 140
climate deniers in, 28–29, 45
and fracking, 114
government spending opposed by, 102, 104, 108
misinformation spread by, 102
“not a scientist” as mantra of, 7
political agendas spread by, 93, 104
as the stupid party, 7
Revkin, Andy, 25
Ridicule and Dismiss, 96–110
and climate change, 96–101, 102
fruit fly research, 101–8
and “Wastebook,” 101–2, 109
Robbins, Frederick Chapman, 91
Romney, Mitt, 203–4
Rosenberg, Chuck, 120–21, 122
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK), 12
rubella, 63–64, 91
Rubio, Marco:
and Certain Uncertainty, 144–45, 146, 149
on climate change, 3, 144–45, 146
salmon, 169
farm-raised, 168
genetically engineered (GE), 166–70
wild populations of, 166–69
Santorum, Rick:
and fish, 172–78, 179
and global warming, 80–81, 83, 84
Sawyer, Sherilyn, 92
Science, 33–34, 104, 190
Science Debate, 204
Science.gov, 73
scientific issues:
antiscience attitudes about, 7, 105, 108–10, 204
correlation vs. causation in, 18, 63–64, 115–16, 137
evolution of, 6–7, 59, 156, 170–71
funding research on, 56–59, 102, 104–5, 161
hard vs. soft, 52–54
major discoveries in, 110
margin for error in, 154
raw data with differing outputs in, 36, 43
return on investment in, 157–58, 160–61
as sound bites, 11, 15, 27, 83, 110
uncertainty in, 17, 20, 22, 26–27, 36–37, 154
see also specific issues
Scott, Rick, on climate change, 3–4
seafood industry, 166–70
sea levels, rising, 4, 50–51, 51, 99–100, 139, 147, 205
selenium, 117
service-based economy, US shift to, 129
sex-linked transmissions, 190
sexual orientation, 188–92
and choice, 189–91, 200
discrimination and harassment, 192
genetic component in, 190, 191
sexual violence, 188
Sierra Club, 37
social media, impact of, 6, 206
solar activity, 143, 144
Solar Energy Industries Association, 132
solar power, 132–34, 135–37
Space Act (revised 1984), 49
Spanish flu, 54
Spencer, Roy, 35–36
Sputnik, 48
Stanford University, 146
Starkville (Mississippi) Daily News, 182
State Department, US, Climate Action Report, 129
State of the Union (CNN), 38
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, 44–45
Stern, Alexandra Minna, 71
Straight-Up Fabrication, 186–200
on abortion in rape cases, 186–88
and anti-vaccination movement, 195–200
on sexual orientation, 188–92
on volcanic emissions, 193–94
strontium, 117
sulfate aerosols, 143, 194
sulfur dioxide, 1–3, 125, 126–27, 150, 193
sunburn, 97–99, 101
SunShot, 136–37
Supreme Court, US, Cato Institute’s brief to, 178–79
swine flu, 54
Syria:
civil war in, 100–101
drought in, 101
tanning beds, 97
Telegraph (London), 75
terrorism:
and climate change, 100, 101
domestic, 95
tetanus, 197
Texas:
HPV vaccine in, 151–53
oil and gas interests in, 131
Renewal Portfolio Standard in, 130
wind power in, 129–30
thalamus, 11
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), 19, 121
Thomas, Lee, 149–50
Thompson, M. E. Jr., 182–83
Thorazine, 171
Time, 87, 88
TOADS:
and Blame the Blogger, 74, 75, 80, 88
and Blind Eye, 164
and Cherry Pick, 29–31
and climate change, 29–31, 74, 75, 80, 88, 164, 194
and Straight-Up Fabrication, 194
travel, and disease, 68
triethanolamine zirconate, 115
Tripp, Simon, 158
troposphere, temperatures recorded in, 34
Trump, Donald:
anti-vaccination views presented by, 196
border wall proposed by, 67
tuberculosis, 68, 70–71
twins, genetic code shared by, 20
twin studies:
on gateway drugs, 19–20
typhoid fever, 70
ultraviolet (UV) radiation, 97–98
uncertainty, see Certain Uncertainty
University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH), 35–36
University of Colorado, Boulder, 42
University of East Anglia, 161–63
University of Michigan, 71
University of Otago, New Zealand, 21
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 191–92
University of Washington, 36
US Fish and Wildlife Service, 117
US Geological Survey, 2, 117, 193–94
vaccinations:
and autism, 63–64, 195, 196–97, 199
CDC on, 61, 153, 197–200
DTaP, 197
and herd immunity, 65
HPV, 151–54, 195–97
international rates of, 65–66, 72
lives saved via, 200
measles, 60–61, 62–65, 91
and mental disorders, 195–96, 197
misinformation about, 6, 63–64
MMR vaccine, 63–64, 195–97, 200
opposition to, 6, 60, 64–67, 195–200
personal belief exemption from, 64–65
safety of, 196–97, 199
vehicles, as mobile sources of pollution, 126
volcanic eruptions, 1–3, 143, 192–94
voting public, 206
Wakefield, Andrew, 63
Wall Street Journal, 177, 179
“Wastebook” (Coburn), 101–2, 109
water contamination:
Clean Water Rule/Act, 180–81, 185
and dumping in wetlands, 181–84
and fracking, 112, 114–20, 122
“waters of the United States,” definition of, 181
weather:
extreme events, 99–100, 139
Weiss, Susan, 17, 19, 20
Weller, Thomas Huckle, 91
wetlands:
definition of, 182, 184
disappearance of, 184
importance of, 184–85
protection of, 182–85
White House Office of Science and Technology, 150
whooping cough, 197
Will, George, 4
wind power, 129–30, 135–37, 136
women, and control over one’s own body, 10
World Glacier Monitoring Service, 42
World Health Organization (WHO), 64, 71, 170
Wrigley, Robbie Lucas, 182–83
X-rays, 107
Young, Don, 167, 168, 169
YouTube, 73