TY - BOOK AU - Cordner,Alissa TI - Toxic safety: flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health SN - 0231541384 AV - TD428.F57 U1 - 363.2 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Fireproofing agents KW - Environmental aspects KW - Toxicology KW - SCIENCE KW - Chemistry KW - Environmental KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1232764 ER -