Book Review: Book on junk science offers risk assessment lessons.(Junk Science Judo)(Brief Article)

``Junk Science Judo''

By Steven J. Milloy

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D.C. 20001; 202-842-0200; fax: 202-842-0779; www.cato.org

$18.95.

A few years ago, Steven J. Milloy and co-author Michael Gough wrote a slender volume called ``Silencing Science.'' The book dealt with both junk science and how interest groups attempt to suppress valid scientific evidence that they find to be inconvenient to their version of the truth. Even though the book didn't deal directly with risk management, I wrote at the time that risk managers would do well to read it, if only to adhere to the ancient doctrine of ``know your enemy.''

Risk managers would do well to read Mr. Milloy's ``Junk …