LEADER 04273oam 22005774a 450 001 9910466667403321 005 20181111030008.0 010 $a0-8229-8623-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000007121998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5573514 035 $a(OCoLC)1061148480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5573514 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007121998 100 $a20181109d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInevitably Toxic$b[electronic resource] $eHistorical Perspectives on Contamination, Exposure, and Expertise /$fedited by Brinda Sarathy, Vivien Hamilton and Janet Farrell Brodie 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPittsburgh, Pa. $cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (328 pages) 225 1 $aIntersections : histories of environment, science, and technology in the anthropocene 311 $a0-8229-4531-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : toxicity, uncertainty, and expertise / Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy -- part one. Radiation. X-ray protection in American hospitals / Vivien Hamilton -- Contested knowledge : the Trinity test radiation studies / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Crossroads in San Francisco : the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and Its afterlives / Lindsey Dillon -- Born opaque : investigating the nuclear accident at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory / William Palmer -- part two. Industrial toxins. Making way for industrial waste : water pollution control in Southern California, 1947-1955 / Brinda Sarathy -- Processing the past into your future : uncovering the hidden consequences of industrial development in the West Texas petrochemical industry / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre -- Vast, incredible damage : herbicides and the U.S. Forest Service / James G. Lewis and Char Miller -- Neighborhood oil drilling and environmental justice in Los Angeles / Bhavna Shamasunder -- part three : Community contestation, expanding expertise. Atomic bomb survivors, medical experts, and the endlessness of radiation illness / Naoko Wake -- On sovereignty, deficits, and dump fires : risk governance in an Arctic "dumpcano" / Alexander Zahara -- Epilogue containment : discussing nuclear waste with Peter Galison / interview by Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy. 330 $aNot a day goes by that humans aren't exposed to toxins in our environment--be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren't marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces' substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxic consider the exposure of bodies in the United States, Canada and Japan to radiation, industrial waste, and pesticides. Research shows that appeals to uncertainty have led to social inaction even when evidence, e.g. the link between carbon emissions and global warming, stares us in the face. In some cases, influential scientists, engineers and doctors have deliberately "manufactured doubt" and uncertainty but as the essays in this collection show, there is often no deliberate deception. We tend to think that if we can't see contamination and experts deem it safe, then we are okay. Yet, having knowledge about the uncertainty behind expert claims can awaken us from a false sense of security and alert us to decisions and practices that may in fact cause harm. 410 0$aIntersections (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 606 $aPollutants 606 $aPesticides$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aFactory and trade waste$xHistory 606 $aRadiation$xHistory 606 $aPollution$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPollutants. 615 0$aPesticides$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aFactory and trade waste$xHistory. 615 0$aRadiation$xHistory. 615 0$aPollution$xHistory. 676 $a363.7309 702 $aBrodie$b Janet Farrell 702 $aHamilton$b Vivien 702 $aSarathy$b Brinda 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466667403321 996 $aInevitably Toxic$92460904 997 $aUNINA