Summary of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming – Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway

The Link Between Tobacco and Cancer – whether or not this could be scientifically established

Star Wars – the space-based Strategic Defense Initiative and the science of nuclear winters

Acid Rain – sulphur and nitrogen emissions mixing with rain to become highly corrosive

The Ozone Hole – the idea that human activities were reducing the Earth’s protective ozone layer

The Effects of Secondhand Smoke – whether it caused cancer in otherwise healthy nonsmokers

Global Warming – whether it is being caused by CO2emissions released by burning fossil fuels