Banned : a history of pesticides and the science of toxicology /

This text sets Rachel Carson's study 'Silent Spring' in the context of the twentieth century, reconsiders her achievement, and analyses its legacy in light of toxic chemical use and regulation today. The book examines the history of pesticide development alongside the evolution of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Frederick Rowe, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Pesticides > Toxicology.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Pesticides > History.
Pesticides > Toxicologie.
Pesticides > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Toxicology.
Pesticides
Pesticides > Environmental aspects
Pesticides > Toxicology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Toxicology Emerges in Public Health Crises
  • Chapter 2. DDT and Environmental Toxicology
  • Chapter 3. The University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory
  • Chapter 4. The Toxicity of Organophosphate Chemicals
  • Chapter 5. What's the Risk? Legislators and Scientists Evaluate Pesticides
  • Chapter 6. Rereading Silent Spring
  • Chapter 7. Pesticides and Toxicology after the DDT Ban
  • Chapter 8. Roads Taken
  • Epilogue Risk, Benefit, and Uncertainty

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