Autism's false prophets: bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure [Paperback edition] 9780231517966, 9780231146371, 023114637X, 0231517963

The tinderbox -- Lighting the fuse -- The implosion -- A precautionary tale -- Mercury rising -- Mercury falling -- Behi

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English Pages (xxi, 298 pages) : illustrations, portraits Year 2010

Table of contents :
The tinderbox --
Lighting the fuse --
The implosion --
A precautionary tale --
Mercury rising --
Mercury falling --
Behind the mercury curtain --
Science in court --
Science and the media --
Science and society --
A place for autism --
Epilogue: "Next, on Oprah."

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