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The Apocalyptics: Politics, Science, and the Big Cancer Lie, by Edith Efron (Simon & Schuster, 512 pp., $19.95)

Edith Efron’s remarkable book raises three separate issues. The first is the role of industrial chemicals in contributing to the incidence of cancer. The second is the timidity or cowardice of reputable scientists in failing to expose what they know to be unscientific and even mendacious claims, for fear of offending the environmental lobby. The third is the role played by this lobby in general, in causing poverty, human unhappiness, and even death.

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The Apocalyptics: Politics, Science, and the Big Cancer Lie, by Edith Efron (Simon & Schuster, 512 pp., $19.95)

Edith Efron’s remarkable book raises three separate issues. The first is the role of industrial chemicals in contributing to the incidence of cancer. The second is the timidity or cowardice of reputable scientists in failing to expose what they know to be unscientific and even mendacious claims, for fear of offending the environmental lobby. The third is the role played by this lobby in general, in causing poverty, human unhappiness, and even death.