Is It Safe? : BPA and the Struggle to Define the Safety of Chemicals /

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We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? /i/Is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vogel, Sarah A. (Sarah Ann), 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social medicine.
Phenols > Toxicology.
Environmental health.
Chemicals > Safety measures.
Chemicals > Law and legislation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
economics.
politics.
Économie politique.
Politique.
Produits chimiques > Securite > Mesures.
Phenols > Toxicologie.
Phenols > toxicity
Economics
Endocrine Disruptors > toxicity
Environmental Exposure > legislation & jurisprudence
Environmental Exposure > standards
Politics
Economics.
Politics, Practical.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Measurements; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Plastic Food; 2. The "Toxicity Crisis" of the 1960s and 1970s; 3. Regulatory Toxicity Testing and Environmental Estrogens; 4. Endocrine Disruption; 5. The Low-Dose Debate; 6. Battles over Bisphenol A; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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