Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a…mehr
Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ernst Homburg is Professor of History of Science and Technology Emeritus at Maastricht University. His scholarly work has included the co-editorship of two multivolume book series on the history of technology in the Netherlands, as well as of New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2007), and Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm (2012, with Kenneth Bertrams and Nicolas Coupain).
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List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Hazardous Chemicals, 1800-2000: A Conceptual and Regulatory Overview Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel PART I: FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC POISONING: REGULATING OLD POISONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE Chapter 1. Schweinfurt Green and the Sanitary Police: The Fight Against Copper Arsenite Pigments Joost Mertens+ Chapter 2. The Banning of White Lead: French and International Regulations Laurence Lestel Chapter 3. Old Situations, New Complications: Lead and Lead Poisoning in a Changing World Christian Warren PART II: DISCOVERING NEW HEALTH IMPACTS: CARCIOGENESIS, MUTAGENESIS AND MORE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND NON-KNOWLEDGE Chapter 4. Discovering Chemical Carcinogenesis: The Case of the Aromatic Amines Heiko Stoff and Anthony S. Travis Chapter 5. Cyclamates: A Tale of Uncertain Knowledge (1930s-1980s) Alexander von Schwerin Chapter 6. Cadmium Poisoning in Japan: The Itai-itai Disease and Beyond Masanori Kaji+ Chapter 7. Dioxins: The "Total Poison" Stefan Böschen PART III: NEW PRODUCTS, NEW EFFECTS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LONG SHADOW OF THE 1960S Chapter 8. Organophosphates Frederick R. Davis Chapter 9. A Tale of Two Nations: DDT in the USA and the UK Peter J. T. Morris Chapter 10. War and Peace: The Phenoxy Herbicides Amy M. Hay Chapter 11. Raising a Stink: The Short Happy Life of MTBE John K. Smith Conclusions Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel Index
List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Hazardous Chemicals, 1800-2000: A Conceptual and Regulatory Overview Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel PART I: FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC POISONING: REGULATING OLD POISONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE Chapter 1. Schweinfurt Green and the Sanitary Police: The Fight Against Copper Arsenite Pigments Joost Mertens+ Chapter 2. The Banning of White Lead: French and International Regulations Laurence Lestel Chapter 3. Old Situations, New Complications: Lead and Lead Poisoning in a Changing World Christian Warren PART II: DISCOVERING NEW HEALTH IMPACTS: CARCIOGENESIS, MUTAGENESIS AND MORE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND NON-KNOWLEDGE Chapter 4. Discovering Chemical Carcinogenesis: The Case of the Aromatic Amines Heiko Stoff and Anthony S. Travis Chapter 5. Cyclamates: A Tale of Uncertain Knowledge (1930s-1980s) Alexander von Schwerin Chapter 6. Cadmium Poisoning in Japan: The Itai-itai Disease and Beyond Masanori Kaji+ Chapter 7. Dioxins: The "Total Poison" Stefan Böschen PART III: NEW PRODUCTS, NEW EFFECTS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LONG SHADOW OF THE 1960S Chapter 8. Organophosphates Frederick R. Davis Chapter 9. A Tale of Two Nations: DDT in the USA and the UK Peter J. T. Morris Chapter 10. War and Peace: The Phenoxy Herbicides Amy M. Hay Chapter 11. Raising a Stink: The Short Happy Life of MTBE John K. Smith Conclusions Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel Index
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