Powerless science? : science and politics in a toxic world /

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In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on heal...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Boudia, Soraya (Editor ), Jas, Nathalie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Colección:Environment in history ; volume 2.
Temas:
Science and state.
Science > Political aspects.
Science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Politique scientifique et technique.
Sciences > Aspect politique.
Sciences > Aspect moral.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World; Part I
  • Knowledge, Expertise, and the Transformations in Regulatory Systems; Chapter 1
  • Precaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors; Chapter 2
  • The Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test; Chapter 3
  • DES, Cancer, and Endocrine Disruptors: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks, and Public Expertise in the United States; Chapter 4
  • Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty: Environmental Risk Assessment in a Historical Perspective.
  • Part II
  • Activism and Nonactivism: Alternative Uses of KnowledgeChapter 5
  • Work, Bodies, Militancy: The ""Class Ecology"" Debate in 1970s Italy; Chapter 6
  • What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant-Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin Case; Chapter 7
  • From Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science, and the Law in the United States and Italy; Chapter 8
  • Guinea Pigs Go to Court: Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan; Part III
  • Putting Knowledge, Ignorance, and Regulation into Perspective.
  • Chapter 9
  • Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health ProtectionsChapter 10
  • Untangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment; Chapter 11
  • Low-Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface; Chapter 12
  • Unruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Toward a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty-First Century; Contributors; Index.

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