This book tells the inside story of each of the major scares of the past two decades, showing for the first time how they have followed a remarkably consistent pattern.
Introduction Part One: The Food Scares Prologue 1. Countdown to an Explosion: How Scares Became A Disaster Waiting To Happen, 1981-8 2. 'Killer Eggs': The Great Salmonella Scare 1988-9 3. Enter the Hygiene Police: Paying The Price 1990-4 4. 'Listeria Hysteria': The Lanark Blue Case 1995 5. Mad Cows and Madder Politicians: The BSE/CJD Scare 1996-9 6. Officials Can Kill: Meat, Cheese and E coli 1998 7. The £1 Billion Blunder: The Belgian Dioxins Debacle 1999 Epilogue to Part One: The Rise of the 'Health and Safety Culture'. Part Two: The General Scares Prologue to Part Two: The Millennium Bug. 8. Sledgehammers To Miss Nuts: A Wider Look At The Scare phenomenon (DDT, Nitrate, Vitamin B6, Cockles). 9. The Modern Witch Craze: Ritualised Child Abuse 10. 'Speed Kills: A Safety Scare That Cost Lives. 11. 'We Love Unleaded': How Confusion Over Lead Cost Billions 12. Smoke and Mirrors: How They Turned 'Passive Smoking' Into A Killer 13. 'One Fibre Can Kill': The Great Asbestos Scam. 14. 'Saving The Planet': The New Secular Religion 15. 'Licensed To Kill': The Scare That Never Was Epilogue: A New Age of Superstition.
Christopher Booker was a founding editor of Private Eye, to which he regularly contributed, and also wrote a longstanding column for the Sunday Telegraph. His bestselling books include The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, The Real Global Warming Disaster, The Great Deception, The Mad Officials, Scared to Death and The Neophiliacs. Booker died in July 2019. Richard North has in recent years won a reputation as one of Britain's most expert defence analysts, through his Defence of the Realm blog. Formerly a research director in the European Parliament, North is also a political analyst through his EU Referendum blog, which examines Britain's place in the world with particular reference to its membership of the European Union. He co-authored four bestselling books with the late Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker, including Scared To Death: From BSE To Global Warming, How Scares Are Costing Us The Earth (2007) and The Great Deception (2005), a comprehensive history of the European Union. He is the author of Ministry of Defeat (2009).
'This is a huge book in size, scope and importance. Anyone who
reads it will find it hard to disagree with the authors'
conclusion.' - This England
'A highly valuable and much needed investigation into the 'crisis
industry' in which pressure groups and journalists work together to
keep us entertained with a succession of 'crises'.' - Contemporary
Review
"The book is well researched and well written, as well as
fascinating to read, with extensive bibliographies at the end of
each chapter. ... This book would be helpful for an academic
library collection. It could be used to counterbalance the
viewpoint of the media and other sources." --The Christian
Librarian
*Sallie J. Alger, Head of Bibliographic Services, James White
Library, Andrews University*
Author article in the Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2046961/Climate-change-zealots-wrecking-industry-Britain-possesses.html
'A very news-worthy subject, with Booker and North providing some
much-needed common sense commentary.' - Publishing News
Title mention in Sue Baker's selection for April, May & June,
2007.
*Publishing News*
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