The Fifth Branch

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The Fifth Branch is written by Sheila Jasanoff and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674264754 (ISBN 10) and 9780674264755 (ISBN 13).

How can decisionmakers tasked with protecting the environment and public health avoid false or misleading scientific research? Is it possible to give scientists more influence in regulatory processes without ceding too much control over policy? These are some of the questions Jasanoff asks in this study of how science advisers shape federal policy.