Book ID: CBB001420169

Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (2013)

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Boudia, Soraya (Editor)
Jas, Nathalie (Editor)


Pickering & Chatto


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xiii + 193 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

The number of substances potentially dangerous to our health and environment is constantly increasing. The papers in this volume examine the concurrent rise of pollutants and the regulations designed to police their use.

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Reviewed By

Review Markowitz, Gerald (2014) Review of "Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 214). unapi

Review Kirk, Robert G. W. (2014) Review of "Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 311-312). unapi

Review Sirrs, Christopher (2014) Review of "Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945". Social History of Medicine (pp. 177-178). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Sellers, Christopher (2013) The Cold War Over the Worker's Body: Cross-National Clashes over Maximum Allowable Concentrations in the Post-World War II Era. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 25). unapi

Chapter Boudia, Soraya (2013) From Threshold to Risk: Exposure to Low Doses of Radiation and Its Effects on Toxicants Regulation. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 71). unapi

Chapter Henry, Emmanuel (2013) “License to Expose?” Occupational Exposure Limits, Scientific Expertise and State in Contemporary France. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 89). unapi

Chapter Torny, Didier (2013) Managing an Everlastingly Polluted World: Food Policies and Community Health Actions in the French West Indies. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 117). unapi

Chapter Topçu, Sezin (2013) Chernobyl Empowerment? Exporting “Participatory Governance” to Contaminated Territories. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 135). unapi

Chapter Jas, Nathalie (2013) Adapting to “Reality”: The Emergence of an International Expertise on Food Additives and Contaminants in the 1950s and early 1960s. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 47). unapi

Chapter Murphy, Michelle (2013) Chemical Infrastructures of the St. Clair River. In: Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 (p. 103). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Boudia, Soraya
Jas, Nathalie
Morgan, David
Dockry, Michael J.
Howell, Christopher
Wagner, Wendy E.
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and law
Public health
Environmentalism
Toxicology
Legislative and administrative regulations
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
West Indies
Germany
France
Europe
European Union
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