For Peto's sake, give up

Article Abstract:

The clinical trial service unit of the University of Oxford focuses on mass clinical trials to produce significant statistics on disease treatments and risks, with co-director Richard Peto one of the top analysts worldwide. Peto has save hundreds of thousands of lives through medical discoveries, such as identifying the effect of aspirin on heart attack prevention. He is also widely renowned for his anti-smoking campaigns and tobacco research, with Peto partiuclarly keen to focus campaigns on encouraging adults to stop smoking so as to reduce the subsequent risk of death through heart disease and lung cancer.

Research, Antismoking movement, Medical research personnel, Medical researchers, Peto, Richard

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The naive optimist

Article Abstract:

Writer Bjorn Lomborg is interviewed about his book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist'. Particular attention is given to the political and scientific references of the book, including ways in which it challenges current environmental perspectives.

Interview, Criticism and interpretation, Ecology, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Book), Lomborg, Bjorn

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Global heart-warming

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the connections between demographic expansion and environmental protection are discussed. It is emphasized that the more people there are on the globe the higher their concern for the protection of their environment.

Environmental aspects, Population density, Demography

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