BLACK MIST AND ACID RAIN - SCIENCE AS FIG LEAF OF POLICY.

Discusses the use and misuse of science in the justification of public policy, particularly environmental policy involving the use of the atmosphere for waste disposal in Great Britain in 1988. Case studies that illustrate appeals to science by policy makers when they justify a specific course of action or non-action; Effects on both science ad policy if scientific knowledge is misused or its limitations are misunderstood; Implications on public and environmental policy.