LEADER 03479nam 2200625 450 001 9910798283803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54138-4 024 7 $a10.7312/cord17146 035 $a(CKB)3710000000628094 035 $a(EBL)4471741 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001646485 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16418423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646485 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13068419 035 $a(PQKB)11307692 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001445084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4471741 035 $a(DE-B1597)479841 035 $a(OCoLC)979573940 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231541381 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4471741 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11211062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL915997 035 $a(OCoLC)947083623 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000628094 100 $a20160530h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aToxic safety $eflame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health /$fDr. Alissa Cordner ; cover design, Diane Lugar 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17146-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. Uncertain Science and The Fight for Environmental Health -- $t2. Hot Topics: Flame Retardants in The Public Sphere -- $t3. Defending Risk and Defining Safety -- $t4. Strategic Science Translation -- $t5. Negotiating Science, Politicizing Science -- $t6. Science for Advocacy -- $tConclusion: The Pursuit of Chemical Justice -- $tAppendix. Playing the Field: Methodological Reflections -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aInitially marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Some argue that data show the chemicals are unsafe while others continue to support their use. The tactics of each side have far-reaching consequences for how we interpret new scientific discoveries.An experienced environmental sociologist, Alissa Cordner conducts more than a hundred interviews with activists, scientists, regulators, and industry professionals to isolate the social, scientific, economic, and political forces influencing environmental health policy today. Introducing "strategic science translation," she describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals and construct "conceptual risk formulas" to shape risk assessment and the interpretation of empirical evidence. A revelatory text for public-health advocates, Toxic Safety demonstrates that while all parties interested in health issues use science to support their claims, they do not compete on a level playing field and even good intentions can have deleterious effects. 606 $aFireproofing agents$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aFireproofing agents$xToxicology 615 0$aFireproofing agents$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aFireproofing agents$xToxicology. 676 $a363.17/91 700 $aCordner$b Alissa$01505546 702 $aLugar$b Diane 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798283803321 996 $aToxic safety$93735144 997 $aUNINA