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How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc
| How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc |
| Autore | Blanc Paul D. <1951-> |
| Edizione | [Updated and expanded.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Toxicology
Environmental health - History Occupational diseases - History Health risk assessment Product safety |
| Soggetto non controllato |
case histories
dangers different times doctor documented emerging toxins engaging everyday products everyday toxins everywhere expose health dangers health hazards health risks hidden dangers home setting injury and illness innocent products modern technologies nonfiction physicians public health risks sickness thorough account toxic exposure toxic glue toxic products toxin histories toxins workplace setting |
| ISBN |
1-282-36008-6
9786612360084 0-520-94531-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 / The Forgotten Histories of "Modern" Hazards -- 2 / The Shadow of Smoke: How to Evade Regulation -- 3 / Good Glue, Better Glue, Superglue -- 4 / Under a Green Sea: The Rising Tide of Chlorine -- 5 / Going Crazy at Work: Cycles of Carbon Disulfide Poisoning -- 6 / Job Fever: Inhaling Dust and Fumes -- 7 / Emerging Toxins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780641603321 |
Blanc Paul D. <1951->
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Lead wars [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner
| Lead wars [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner |
| Autore | Markowitz Gerald E |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RosnerDavid <1947-> |
| Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
| Soggetto topico |
Lead poisoning - United States - History
Lead poisoning in children - United States Lead poisoning in children - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american children chronic illness environmental sciences epidemiology experiments health and wellness health policies historical human condition lead poisoning legal conflicts nonfiction poisoning epidemic political politics of science public health agencies public health workers public health reagan administration retrospective social historians toxic exposure unethical research us history |
| ISBN | 0-520-95495-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786266903321 |
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Markowitz Gerald E
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