LEADER 03563nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910460347203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-05892-5 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674058927 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081250 035 $a(OCoLC)709593055 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272265 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416320 035 $a(PQKB)10051101 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300911 035 $a(DE-B1597)209850 035 $a(OCoLC)1013935749 035 $a(OCoLC)890054208 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674058927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300911 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456078 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081250 100 $a20100617d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLegally poisoned$b[electronic resource] $ehow the law puts us at risk from toxicants /$fCarl F. Cranor 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-07221-9 311 $a0-674-04970-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNowhere to hide -- Discovering disease, dysfunction, and death by molecules -- Caveat parens : a nation at risk from contaminants -- Reckless nation : how existing laws fail to protect children -- A more prudent approach to reduce toxic invasions -- What kind of world do we want to create?. 330 $aTake a random walk through your life and you'll find it is awash in industrial, often toxic, chemicals. Sip water from a plastic bottle and ingest bisphenol A. Prepare dinner in a non-stick frying pan or wear a layer of Gore-Tex only to be exposed to perfluorinated compounds. Hang curtains, clip your baby into a car seat, watch television-all are manufactured with brominated flame-retardants. Cosmetic ingredients, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and other compounds enter our bodies and remain briefly or permanently. Far too many suspected toxic hazards are unleashed every day that affect the development and function of our brain, immune system, reproductive organs, or hormones. But no public health law requires product testing of most chemical compounds before they enter the market. If products are deemed dangerous, toxicants must be forcibly reduced or removed-but only after harm has been done. In this scientifically rigorous legal analysis, Carl Cranor argues that just as pharmaceuticals and pesticides cannot be sold without pre-market testing, other chemical products should be subject to the same safety measures. Cranor shows, in terrifying detail, what risks we run, and that it is entirely possible to design a less dangerous commercial world. 606 $aEnvironmental health$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental toxicology 606 $aPollution$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental health$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEnvironmental toxicology. 615 0$aPollution$xLaw and legislation 676 $a363.73/63 686 $aAR 22360$2rvk 700 $aCranor$b Carl F$01040697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460347203321 996 $aLegally poisoned$92463770 997 $aUNINA