1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910987680403321

Titolo

AATCC journal of research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Raleigh Triangle Park, North Carolina : , : American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, , 2014-

Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Sage

ISSN

2472-3444

Disciplina

540

Soggetti

Textile chemistry - Research

Dyes and dyeing - Research

Textile fabrics

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965442003321

Autore

Frickel Scott <1965->

Titolo

Chemical consequences : environmental mutagens, scientist activism, and the rise of genetic toxicology / / Scott Frickel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8135-5565-5

0-8135-3708-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

616/.042

Soggetti

Genetic toxicology

Chemical mutagenesis

Mutagens

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Situating Genetic Toxicology -- Chapter 2: Working on Mutations -- Chapter 3: Making Room for Environmental Mutagens -- Chapter 4: A Wave of Scientist Collective Action -- Chapter 5: Framing Scientist Activism -- Chapter 6: Organizing a Scientists' Movement -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Environmental Knowledge Politics in Practice -- Appendix A: Scientists Interviewed -- Appendix B: Timeline of Institutionalizing Events in Environmental Mutagenesis/Genetic Toxicology, 1964-1976 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Here is the first historical and sociological account of the formation of an interdisciplinary science known as genetic toxicology, and of the scientists' social movement that created it. After research geneticists discovered that synthetic chemicals were capable of changing the genetic structure of living organisms, scientists began to explore how these chemicals affected gene structure and function. In the late 1960s, a small group of biologists became concerned that chemical mutagens represented a serious and possibly global environmental threat. Genetic toxicology is nurtured as much by public culture as by professional practices, reflecting the interplay of genetics research and



environmental politics. Drawing on a wealth of resources, Scott Frickel examines the creation of this field through the lens of social movement theory. He reveals how a committed group of scientist-activists transformed chemical mutagens into environmental problems, mobilized existing research networks, recruited scientists and politicians, secured financial resources, and developed new ways of acquiring knowledge. The result is a book that vividly illustrates how science and activism were interwoven to create a discipline that remains a defining feature of environmental health science.