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Overcoming Welfare
Source: Independent Institute
Author: James L. Payne
Country: United States

Payne's book argues that America must "overcome welfare, to get over life's little vices in the service of a higher, virtuous self." (1998)

Science on Trial
Source: Laissez Faire Books/W.W. Norton
Author: Marcia Angell, M.D.
Country: United States

The clash of medical evidence and the law in the breast implant case: What happens when federal agencies try to dumb-down risk, attorneys manipulate science and the law, anti-science activists use scare tactics to corrupt public opinion, and insatiable reporters combine to overwhelm science. Paperback, 1997, 268p., $13.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

The Food and Drink Police: America's Nannies, Busybodies and Petty Tyrants
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Transaction Books
Author: James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Country: United States

Police are invading the privacy of kitchens and restaurants, as government regulators expand the list of restricted or prohibited foods. Both shocking and amusing. Hardcover, 1999, 215p., $14.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

Vaccinations: What parents need to know
Source: ACSH
Author: Kathleen Meister
Country: United States

Report summarizes the evidence on both the benefits and the potential risks of vaccines, with an emphasis on the vaccines used in routine childhood immunization. Available for free download as PDF, or $5 per print copy.

To America's Health: A Proposal to Reform the Food and Drug Administration
Source: Hoover Institution Press/Amazon.com
Author: Henry I. Miller
Country: United States

The regulatory monopoly of the FDA literally threatens individuals' health. Miller makes the argument that regulatory reform can transform the drug development process and reverse the current upward spiral of time and costs. (Published 9/2000; paperback; Amazon price $11.96)

Are Children More Vulnerable to Environmental Chemicals?
Source: American Council on Science and Health
Author: Daland R. Juberg (Ed.)
Country: United States

Book "exposes a disturbing pattern in which activists with a non-science agenda manipulate the public's legitimate and appropriate concern for children's health." Advance orders being taken; pub. date expected 12/02; price $19.95, volume discounts available.

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