03688nam 2200673Ia 450 991046311010332120211028031348.00-520-95495-510.1525/9780520954953(CKB)2670000000335805(EBL)1130203(OCoLC)829460254(SSID)ssj0000833540(PQKBManifestationID)11443469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833540(PQKBWorkID)10935859(PQKB)10807859(MiAaPQ)EBC1130203(DE-B1597)520937(DE-B1597)9780520954953(Au-PeEL)EBL1130203(CaPaEBR)ebr10661926(CaONFJC)MIL450489(EXLCZ)99267000000033580520121019d2013 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrLead wars[electronic resource] the politics of science and the fate of America's children /Gerald Markowitz and David RosnerBerkeley University of California Press ;New York Milbank Memorial Fundc20131 online resource (323 p.)California/Milbank books on health and the public ;24Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28393-7 0-520-27325-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword --Preface --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction: A Legacy of Neglect --2. From Personal Tragedy to Public Health Crisis --3. Peeling the Onion --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 --IndexIn 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 public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. The authors use the opinion by Maryland's Court of Appeals-which considered whether researchers at Johns Hopkins University's prestigious Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) engaged in unethical research on 108 African-American children-as a springboard to ask fundamental questions about the practice and future of public health. Lead Wars chronicles the obstacles faced by public health workers in the conservative, pro-business, anti-regulatory climate that took off in the Reagan years and that stymied efforts to eliminate lead from the environments and the bodies of American children.California/Milbank books on health and the public ;24.Lead poisoningUnited StatesHistoryLead poisoning in childrenUnited StatesLead poisoning in childrenPreventionGovernment policyUnited StatesElectronic books.Lead poisoningHistory.Lead poisoning in childrenLead poisoning in childrenPreventionGovernment policy363.738/492Markowitz Gerald E1026774Rosner David1947-1026775Milbank Memorial Fund.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463110103321Lead wars2441877UNINA