What is Junk Science?
1.
Science manufactured by individuals paid by special interest groups. Most commonly used by big corporations to dupe governments and nations into approving unsafe products, ignoring health and safety risks, or ignoring environmental problems.
The reason people are just starting to believe in
climate change is because the oil magnates have been producing junk science to debunk it for years.
Monsanto consistently uses junk science to assert the safety of genetically engineered food.
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To Republicans: global warming, the link between second-hand smoke and cancer, and evolutionary biology. To Democrats: creationism, abstinence-only sex education, and supply-side economics.
Ronald: When we cut taxes, it will stimulate the economy and increase tax revenues.
George H. W.: Sounds like voodoo economics to me.
George W.: When we cut taxes, it will stimulate the economy and increase tax revenues.
Al: We've heard of all that junk science before. We need to focus on climate change!
George W.: Now that's junk science!
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