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  1. G. Johnson2013.

  2. B. Ames1995,589.

  3. ThisinformationaboutBruceAmescomesfromL M. Silver2006,233;and Stossel2006a,2–3. Also
    readtheseimportantpapersof his: B. N. Ameset al. 1987;and B. N. Ameset al. 1990.

  4. B. Ames1995,590.

  5. M. Specter2009,53.

  6. Lomborg 2001 paperback,9–10. Thatthesechemicalsare responsiblefor largercropyieldsis also
    notedin R. Bailey2002,accessedonlineThursday,May31, 2007.

  7. B. Ames1995,594, in J. L. Simoned. 1995tradepaperback,594.

  8. AmericanCancerSociety(ACS)2006,http://tinyurl.com/5tmsw,accessedThursday,May31, 2007.

  9. Bastet al. 1994,20–21, citingBruceN. Ames.

  10. Ames,qtd. by Bastet al. 1994,21.

  11. Bastet al. 1994,21–22.

  12. M. Specter2009,134.

  13. Bastet al. 1994,147. Accordingto U.S.CensusBureau2008,Table111, PDFhttp://www.census.gov/
    compendia/statab/tables/08s0111.pdf,accessedThursday,July24, 2008,the chancesof an Americandying
    froma trafficaccidentwas153 in a millionin 2004,whilethe chancesof dyingfromslippingand falling
    was 64 in a million.

  14. K. E. Bradburyet al. 2014.

  15. B. Ames1995,589.

  16. M. Specter2009,106, 128.

  17. Rothmanand Lichter1996,231–240.

  18. Bastet al. 1994,21, citingB. N. Ameset al. 1987,271.

  19. L. M. Silver2006,234.

  20. R. Bailey1994,paperback,104.

  21. Onecan findEpsteinmakingsuchaccusationsin his interviewin Achbaret al., prod.2003,tran-
    scriptonlinein the PDFat http://tinyurl.com/2h27kx,accessedThursday,May31, 2007.Theseaccusations
    are alsosummarizedin AmericanCouncilon Science& Health(ACSH)1998,http://www.acsh.org/news/
    newsID.445/news_detail.asp;and ACSH2002,http://tinyurl.com/67sfs,bothaccessedThursday,May31,
    2007.Iratethata numberof individualsandorganizationsuse factsto disprovetheirpropaganda,a
    numberof anti-capitalistactivistsissueanad-hominemsmear.Theyarbitrarilyinsinuatethat any expertor
    organizationwhodisagreeswiththem,musthave—at sometimeor another—receivedsomekindof
    fundingfromthe big corporationsthatthe anti-capitalistshate.In the anti-capitalist’s book,shouldit be
    the casethatDr. X has everreceivedcorporatefunding,mustbe somepaidshill,thenany information
    that Dr. X can cite shouldbe rejectedas categoricallyunreliable.
    Thatattitudeis utterlyasinine.Factsare facts,regardlessof whocitesthemor for whatpurpose.Werean
    expertto tell you thatgravitationexists,shouldyou automaticallydisbelievein gravitationif Exxonpaid
    the expertto divulgethis fact to you?The factscan be assessedby themselves.A fact cannotbe reason-
    ablydiscountedon the sole basisthat the fact’s divulgerreceivedcorporatefundingat sometime.
    Theanti-capitalist’s smearrelieson theseassumptions:(1) anythingsaidby a not-for-profitgroupthat
    railsagainstselfishness,is necessarilyhonest;and (2) any fact citedby a for-profitorganization,for self-
    servingpurposes,is necessarilyuntrustworthy.SinceI wantto put this demagogueryto rest,something
    elsemustbe mentioned.It is utterlyself-defeatingfor somebodyto say thatanti-businessgroupshave
    morecredibilitythanpro-marketgroupson accountof therebeinga directpositivecorrelationbetween
    howmuchcorporatefundinga thinktankreceivesand howdishonestit is. The reasonis thatbusiness-
    hatingadvocacygroupsreceivemorecorporatefundingthando free-marketthinktanks.
    Bidinotto2006,40, http://www.atlassociety.org/ct-1814-cash_left.aspx,accessedSunday,June1, 2008,
    notesthis.DavidHogbergand SarahHaneylookedat the 2003–2004IRS tax filingsof the 53Fortune 100
    companiesthathavenot-for-profitcharitablefoundationsfor donatingto politicalgroups.Theydivided
    politicalgroupsbetween“rightwing” and “leftwing.” In this context,“leftwing” meansthosethat favorof
    highertaxes,moreregulation,andmoresocialwelfareprograms.Concordantly,“rightwing” groups
    favorthe opposite.Hogbergand Haneyfound,“The politicalleft receivednearly59 milliondollars,while
    the politicalrightreceivedonlyabout4 milliondollars,a ratioof 14.5to 1.” Whenonesubtractsthe
    GoldmanSachsFoundation’s enormousgrantto the WildlifeConservationSociety,donationsto the
    politicalLeftare still greaterthanto the Rightby 5.8 to 1. TheJ. P. MorganChaseFoundationdonated
    almost1.2 milliondollarsto leftwinggroupsandnothingto anyrightwinggroup.Citigroupdonated
    55,000dollarsto rightwinggroupsandover1 milliondollarsto the Left.ThetimbercompanyWeye-
    rhaeuser,regularlydenouncedby environmentalists,donated53,500dollarsto free-marketthinktanks
    whereasit donated673,300dollarsto leftwinggroups—includingenvironmentalgroups.Wereone to
    assumethatthis washushmoney,thenit did not work,as the anti-capitalists’ denunciationscontinue.
    The entire report is Hogberg and Haney 2006, 1–8, http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/
    v1185995021.pdfor http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16588,accessedSunday,June1, 2008.
    An anti-capitalistwhotellsyou to rejectany informationfroma corporation-fundedorganization,cannot
    haveit bothways.He contradictshimselfif he proclaims:

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