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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459690403321

Autore

Callahan Joan R

Titolo

50 health scares that fizzled [[electronic resource] /] / Joan R. Callahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2011

ISBN

1-283-31717-6

9786613317179

0-313-38539-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

613

Soggetti

Health risk assessment

Medical misconceptions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: Medical Interventions; Chapter 1: Measles Vaccine and Autism; Chapter 2: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Multiple Sclerosis; Chapter 3: Fear of Menopause and HRT; Chapter 4: The DES Generation; Chapter 5: Aspirin and Reye's Syndrome; Part Two: Infectious Diseases; Chapter 6: Fear of Lyme Disease; Chapter 7: Swine Flu 1976; Chapter 8: Swine Flu 2009; Chapter 9: Ebola Reston 1989; Chapter 10: The Second War on Smallpox; Chapter 11: Fear of Flesh-Eating Bacteria; Chapter 12: Monkeypox 2003; Part Three: Food Scares

Chapter 13: Fear of Canned FoodChapter 14: Potatoes and Birth Defects; Chapter 15: Fear of Oleomargarine; Chapter 16: Fear of Tomatoes; Chapter 17: Fear of Watercress; Chapter 18: Fear of Beef; Chapter 19: Coca-Cola and Polio; Chapter 20: Fear of Foreign Cheese; Chapter 21: Fear of Mercury in Seafood; Chapter 22: Java Madness; Chapter 23: Fear of Salmonella; Part Four: Additives in Foods and Beverages; Chapter 24: Fear of Red Dye; Chapter 25: Fear of Artificial Sweeteners; Chapter 26: Fear of Fluoridation and Chlorination; Chapter 27: Fear of MSG

Chapter 28: Fear of Other Additives and PreservativesPart Five: Other Biological Hazards; Chapter 29: Fear of Mites; Chapter 30: Fear of Toxic



Mold; Chapter 31: The Cell from Hell; Chapter 32: Shoo Fly; Chapter 33: Fear of Frankenfood; Chapter 34: Fear of Spiders; Chapter 35: Fear of Killer Bees; Part Six: Other Chemical and Radiological Exposures; Chapter 36: Three Mile Island; Chapter 37: The Alar Scare of 1989; Chapter 38: Fear and Worship of Silver; Chapter 39: The Cranberry Scare of 1959; Chapter 40: Fear of Aluminum Containers; Chapter 41: Fear of Cell Phones

Chapter 42: Fear of Power LinesChapter 43: Fear of Radon; Part Seven: Actions and Reactions; Chapter 44: Fear of Bottle Feeding; Chapter 45: Solitary Pursuits; Chapter 46: Fear of Autointoxication; Chapter 47: Fear of Not Drinking; Chapter 48: Fear of Involuntary Fatness; Chapter 49: Fear of Sunlight; Chapter 50: Junk Food Addiction: The Twinkie Defense; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Killer bees. The measles vaccine. Three Mile Island. Artificial sweeteners. The swine flu. All of these health risks and news stories took us by surprise, caused great alarm, and created controversyÑuntil they quietly dropped off our collective radar screens and we forgot about them. What were the real stories behind these health scares?