Toxic safety :
Cordner, Alissa,
Toxic safety : flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health / Alissa Cordner. - 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
0231541384 9780231541381
915997 MIL 6053D2E8-E015-4724-A366-76C1D740ABF8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Fireproofing agents--Environmental aspects.
Fireproofing agents--Toxicology.
SCIENCE--Chemistry--Environmental.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD428.F57
363.2
Toxic safety : flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health / Alissa Cordner. - 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
0231541384 9780231541381
915997 MIL 6053D2E8-E015-4724-A366-76C1D740ABF8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Fireproofing agents--Environmental aspects.
Fireproofing agents--Toxicology.
SCIENCE--Chemistry--Environmental.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD428.F57
363.2