Just got my copy of Panicology by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey Williams.
This explores some of the areas where we are apparently beginning to worry. It's a variation on the theme in James Martin's book
Check out the WEBSITE for some tasters and links.
A particularly useful section of the book looks at the number of deaths per 10 000 people in 2005 from various reasons. This follows a very useful SCEPTIC's TOOLKIT, which would be a particularly useful format for GENERAL STUDIES students (as well as Geographers) to adopt when using sources of information.

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