The author combines a case study approach with his analyses. Examines the historical, social and political dynamics of chemical contamination. A well-timed study of how chemicals affect the environment and how humans deal with that effect.
The author combines a case study approach with his analyses. Examines the historical, social and political dynamics of chemical contamination. A well-timed study of how chemicals affect the environment and how humans deal with that effect.
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Environment in History: International Perspectives
Nathalie Jas is a Senior Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). A historian and a STS scholar, her scholarly work analyses the intensification of agriculture and its social, environmental, and health effects. She has co-edited a special issue of History and Technology, "Risk and risk Society in Historical Perspective" (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations Since 1945 (Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Soraya Boudia.
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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas PART I : KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGULATORY SYSTEMS Chapter 1. Precaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors Nancy Langston Chapter 2. The Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test Angela N. H. Creager Chapter 3. DES, Cancer and Endocrine Perturbation: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks and Public Expertise in the United States Jean-Paul Gaudillière Chapter 4. Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty. Environmental Risk Assessment in an Historical Perspective Soraya Boudia PART II : ACTIVISM AND NON-ACTIVISM: ALTERNATIVE USES OF KNOWLEDGE Chapter 5. Work, Bodies, Militancy: the "Class Ecology" Debate in 1970s Italy Stefania Barca Chapter 6. What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant- Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin Laura Centemeri Chapter 7. From Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science and the Law in the U.S. and Italy Barbara Allen Chapter 8. Guinea Pigs go to Court. Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng PART III: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE, IGNORANCE, AND REGULATIONN INTO PERSPECTIVE Chapter 9. Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health Protections Carl Cranor Chapter 10. Untangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards Chapter 11. Low Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface Sheldon Krimsky Chapter 12. Unruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Towards a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty First Century Jody A. Roberts List of Contributors Index
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas PART I : KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGULATORY SYSTEMS Chapter 1. Precaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors Nancy Langston Chapter 2. The Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test Angela N. H. Creager Chapter 3. DES, Cancer and Endocrine Perturbation: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks and Public Expertise in the United States Jean-Paul Gaudillière Chapter 4. Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty. Environmental Risk Assessment in an Historical Perspective Soraya Boudia PART II : ACTIVISM AND NON-ACTIVISM: ALTERNATIVE USES OF KNOWLEDGE Chapter 5. Work, Bodies, Militancy: the "Class Ecology" Debate in 1970s Italy Stefania Barca Chapter 6. What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant- Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin Laura Centemeri Chapter 7. From Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science and the Law in the U.S. and Italy Barbara Allen Chapter 8. Guinea Pigs go to Court. Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng PART III: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE, IGNORANCE, AND REGULATIONN INTO PERSPECTIVE Chapter 9. Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health Protections Carl Cranor Chapter 10. Untangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards Chapter 11. Low Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface Sheldon Krimsky Chapter 12. Unruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Towards a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty First Century Jody A. Roberts List of Contributors Index
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