Scared to Death : From BSE to Global Warming: Why Scares are Costing Us the Earth (Hardcover)

Introduction Part One: The Food Scares Prologue 1. Countdown to an Explosion: How Scares Became A Disaster Waiting To Happen, 1981-8 2. 'Killer Eggs': The Great Salmonella Scare 1988-9 3. Enter the Hygiene Police: Paying The Price 1990-4 4. 'Listeria Hysteria': The Lanark Blue Case 1995 5. Mad Cows and Madder Politicians: The BSE/CJD Scare 1996-9 6. Officials Can Kill: Meat, Cheese and E coli 1998 7. The Pds. 1 Billion Blunder: The Belgian Dioxins Debacle 1999 Epilogue to Part One: The Rise of the 'Health and Safety Culture'. Part Two: The General Scares Prologue to Part Two: The Millennium Bug. 8. Sledgehammers To Miss Nuts: A Wider Look At The Scare phenomenon (DDT, Nitrate, Vitamin B6, Cockles). 9. The Modern Witch Craze: Ritualised Child Abuse 10. 'Speed Kills: A Safety Scare That Cost Lives. 11. 'We Love Unleaded': How Confusion Over Lead Cost Billions 12. Smoke and Mirrors: How They Turned 'Passive Smoking' Into A Killer 13. 'One Fibre Can Kill': The Great Asbestos Scam. 14. 'Saving The Planet': The New Secular Religion 15. 'Licensed To Kill': The Scare That Never Was Epilogue: A New Age of Superstition.