Currents of DeathFrom Simon & Schuster, Currents of Death is Paul Brodeur's exploration of power lines, computer terminals, and the attempt to cover up their threat to your health. Paul Brodeur is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and is the author of eight previous books. In his latest work, Currents of Death explores the threat to public health from power lines. |
Contents
An Unfunded Study | 15 |
Early Warning | 25 |
Speaking Out | 33 |
Some Conflicts of Interest | 40 |
Some Widely Accepted Risks | 45 |
Retaliation | 52 |
Obfuscation | 57 |
In a Bind | 63 |
The Free Exchange of Thought | 173 |
The Uncertainty Factor | 180 |
Adverse Witness | 187 |
Verdict | 193 |
Not Readily Translatable | 200 |
Testimony | 209 |
Protest | 218 |
Reason Not to Trust | 222 |
The Electric Power Research Institute | 67 |
The Workplace Connection | 73 |
Partial Confirmation | 79 |
Pioneer | 86 |
Coverup | 97 |
Who Is My Enemy? | 99 |
Answering the Question | 107 |
The Best Possible Face | 113 |
A Grave Lack of Good Judgment | 118 |
Under the Light Bulb | 127 |
A Question of Promotion | 132 |
Corroboration | 137 |
The Electric Blanket Connection | 145 |
Something Is Happening | 153 |
Project ELF | 159 |
Saving the Honeybees | 165 |
Buried Heads | 170 |
Computer Terminals | 227 |
A Unanimous Decision | 229 |
The Expected Unexpected | 238 |
Anyone Whos Paranoid | 245 |
An Ocean of Denial | 253 |
Benign Neglect | 260 |
The Spanish Connection | 266 |
The Twisting Stage | 271 |
In Front of Every Nose | 279 |
Ignoring the Evidence | 284 |
Trail Blazing | 290 |
A Walk in the Sun | 296 |
Watchdog | 301 |
Assessment | 306 |
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