Toxic Exposures : Mustard Gas and the Health Consequences of World War II in the United States /

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Toxic Exposures tells the shocking story of how the United States and its allies intentionally subjected thousands of their own servicemen to mustard gas as part of their preparation for chemical warfare. Drawing from once-classified government records, military reports, scientists' papers, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mustard gas > Toxicology.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.
Chemical weapons > Testing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Gaz asphyxiants et deleteres.
Gaz moutarde > Toxicologie.
Mustard Gas > toxicity
Chemical weapons > United States > Testing.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Toxic Exposures tells the shocking story of how the United States and its allies intentionally subjected thousands of their own servicemen to mustard gas as part of their preparation for chemical warfare. Drawing from once-classified government records, military reports, scientists' papers, and veterans' testimony, Susan L. Smith assesses the poisonous legacies of these experiments, including scientific racism and environmental degradation. In addition, she reveals their surprising impact on the origins of chemotherapy as cancer treatment and the development of veterans' rights movements.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages).
ISBN:9780813586120

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