LEADER 05661nam 2201045Ia 450 001 9910786178103321 005 20230126210117.0 010 $a0-520-95496-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954960 035 $a(CKB)2670000000324952 035 $a(EBL)1110769 035 $a(OCoLC)827623253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000913781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11523360 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000913781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861840 035 $a(PQKB)10823467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1110769 035 $a(DE-B1597)519482 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954960 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1110769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10645658 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL427237 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000324952 100 $a20030703e20132002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeceit and denial$b[electronic resource] $ethe deadly politics of industrial pollution /$fGerald Markowitz and David Rosner 210 $aBerkeley, CA ;$aLondon $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (443 p.) 225 0 $aCalifornia/Milbank Books on Health and the Public 300 $aOriginally published: 2002. 311 0 $a0-520-27582-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction Industry's Child --$tThe House of the Butterflies. Lead Poisoning among Workers and Consumers --$tA Child Lives in a Lead World --$tCater to the Children. The Promotion of White Lead --$tOld Poisons, New Problems --$tBetter Living through Chemistry? --$tEvidence of an Illegal Conspiracy by Industry --$tDamn Liars --$tOl' Man River or Cancer Alley? --$tA Hazy Mixture. Science, Civil Rights, Pollution, and Politics --$tScience and Prudent Public Policy --$tConclusion --$tEPILOGUE --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aDeceit and Denial details the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers. Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a bruising story of cynical and cruel disregard for health and human rights. This resulting exposé is full of startling revelations, provocative arguments, and disturbing conclusions--all based on remarkable research and information gleaned from secret industry documents. This book reveals for the first time the public relations campaign that the lead industry undertook to convince Americans to use its deadly product to paint walls, toys, furniture, and other objects in America's homes, despite a wealth of information that children were at risk for serious brain damage and death from ingesting this poison. This book highlights the immediate dangers ordinary citizens face because of the relentless failure of industrial polluters to warn, inform, and protect their workers and neighbors. It offers a historical analysis of how corporate control over scientific research has undermined the process of proving the links between toxic chemicals and disease. The authors also describe the wisdom, courage, and determination of workers and community members who continue to voice their concerns in spite of vicious opposition. Readable, ground-breaking, and revelatory, Deceit and Denial provides crucial answers to questions of dangerous environmental degradation, escalating corporate greed, and governmental disregard for its citizens' safety and health. After eleven years, Markowitz and Rosner update their work with a new epilogue that outlines the attempts these industries have made to undermine and create doubt about the accuracy of the information in this book. 410 0$aCalifornia/Milbank Books on Health and the Public 606 $aEnvironmental health 606 $aEnvironmental health$xSocial aspects 606 $aFactory and trade waste$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aPollution$xHealth aspects 610 $aamerican workers. 610 $achemical industry. 610 $aconspiracy. 610 $acorporate control. 610 $adeadly products. 610 $adisease. 610 $aecology. 610 $aengaging. 610 $aenvironment. 610 $aenvironmental hazard. 610 $aenvironmental health. 610 $aenvironmental history. 610 $aenvironmental pollution. 610 $aenvironmental. 610 $aglobal warming. 610 $ahealth care issues. 610 $ahistorical. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aimmediate dangers. 610 $aindustrial polluters. 610 $alead industry. 610 $amanufacturing industry. 610 $apharmocology. 610 $apolitical. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apublic health. 610 $ascience and math. 610 $asociological. 610 $asustainability. 610 $atechnology. 610 $atoxic chemicals. 610 $atoxicology. 615 0$aEnvironmental health. 615 0$aEnvironmental health$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aFactory and trade waste$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aPollution$xHealth aspects. 676 $a615.9/02 700 $aMarkowitz$b Gerald E$01481100 701 $aRosner$b David$f1947-$01481101 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786178103321 996 $aDeceit and denial$93697923 997 $aUNINA