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Banned : a history of pesticides and the science of toxicology / Frederick Rowe Davis

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Davis, Frederick Rowe, 1965-
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 264 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Chapter 1. Toxicology Emerges in Public Health Crises -- Chapter 2. DDT and Environmental Toxicology -- Chapter 3. The University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory -- Chapter 4. The Toxicity of Organophosphate Chemicals -- Chapter 5. What's the Risk? Legislators and Scientists Evaluate Pesticides -- Chapter 6. Rereading Silent Spring -- Chapter 7. Pesticides and Toxicology after the DDT Ban -- Chapter 8. Roads Taken -- Epilogue Risk, Benefit, and Uncertainty
Summary
This text sets Rachel Carson's study 'Silent Spring' in the context of the twentieth century, reconsiders her achievement, and analyses its legacy in light of toxic chemical use and regulation today. The book examines the history of pesticide development alongside the evolution of the science of toxicology and tracks legislation governing exposure to chemicals across the twentieth century. It affirms the brilliance of Carson's careful scientific interpretations drawing on data from university and government toxicologists.
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ISBN
9780300210378 (electronic bk.)
030021037X (electronic bk.)
9780300205176 (print)
0300205171
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index.
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