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Toxic safety : flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health / Alissa Cordner

Author
Cordner, Alissa
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Uncertain science and the fight for environmental health -- Hot topics : flame retardants in the public sphere -- Defending risk and defining safety -- Strategic science translation -- Negotiating science, politicizing science -- Science for advocacy.
Summary
A revealing 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.
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ISBN
0231541384 (electronic bk.)
9780231541381 (electronic bk.)
0231171463
9780231171465
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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