Dr. Mercola October 07 2006 3,408 views
Many associate big oil with the network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific bodies that have been set up to claim that global warming is not a real threat.
But while big oil does fund these groups, many have a more surprising original source.
The "debate" over global warming actually began with tobacco giant Philip Morris working to discredit a 1992 report by the EPA about the dangerous health problems associated with smoking. That is actually when the term "junk science" became part of the lexicon.
To smoking advocates, junk science referred to scientific, peer-reviewed studies linking smoking to cancer, whereas "sound science" meant studies supporting the tobacco industry's claims that the link was inconclusive, principles soon used by global warming advocates to blur the debate.
A telling quote from a Brown and Williamson memo:
"Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the mind of the general public."
That's the same kind of shell game conventional medicine and politicians are playing with your health, as described in my newest book, The Great Bird Flu Hoax. If they can sow enough confusion, they can reap the profits.
Of course, major oil companies like Exxon-Mobil are, in fact, working to discredit global warming. According to the Exxonsecrets Web site, 124 organizations have received money from the company to spin a contradictory line against it.
Truth can be hard to sort from lies, especially when so many scientists are essentially being bribed by corporations to get certain results. When that fails, the corporations fund pseudo-scientific third party groups to simply spread outright lies and add to the confusion.
That's why this newsletter, and my Web site, exist -- to give you a source of information independent of Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Food Industry, and any other multi-national corporations. Sorting the truth from the lies is the first step in learning what is actually healthy for your body, and for the planet.
Then you can make a wise choice and select the options that will best serve your long-term interests.