Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children /

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"In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. Lead Wars details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas publi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Markowitz, Gerald E. (Author), Rosner, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, [2013]
Series:California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 24.
Subjects:
Lead poisoning > United States > History.
Lead poisoning in children > United States.
Lead poisoning in children > Prevention > Government policy > United States.
Children.
Politics, Practical.
Child
Environmental Exposure
History, 20th Century
Politics
Public Health > history
Intoxication par le plomb > États-Unis > Histoire.
Intoxication par le plomb chez l'enfant > États-Unis.
Enfants.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique.
children (people by age group)
politics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
Politics, Practical
Children
Lead poisoning
Lead poisoning in children
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Carmen Hooker Odom, Samuel L. Milbank
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction : a legacy of neglect
  • 2. From personal tragedy to public health crisis
  • 3. Peeling the onion : new layers of the lead problem
  • 4. The contentious meaning of low-level exposures
  • 5. The rise of public health pragmatism
  • 6. Controlled poison
  • 7. Research on trial
  • 8. Lead poisoning and the courts
  • 9. A plague on all our houses
  • Notes
  • Index.

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