Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24426
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, 17 pages., Brief presented by the Appellees (CBS, et al) in the 1994 Alar case in which Washington State apple growers sued CBS television network for airing a "60 Minutes" program indicating that Alar, a chemical sprayed on apples, had been found to be a potent carcinogen especially dangerous to children.
5 pages, Includes discussion about role of the media in the "great Alar scare of 1989" which harmed the apple industry and turned out to be a false alarm.
Slovic, Paul (author), Flynn, James (author), and Gregory, Robin (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19687
Notes:
Pages 3-8 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Includes reference to communications surrounding the Alar scare that involved apples grown in Washington State.
