An edition of Powerless science?
(2014)
Powerless science?
science and politics in a toxic world
by Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas
Share
×Close
This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Powerless Science?: Science and Politics in a Toxic World
2016, Berghahn Books, Incorporated
in English
1785331981 9781785331985
|
zzzz
|
2
Powerless science?: science and politics in a toxic world
2014, Berghahn Books
in English
1782382364 9781782382362
|
aaaa
|
3
Powerless Science?: Science and Politics in a Toxic World
2014, Berghahn Books, Incorporated
in English
1306316081 9781306316088
|
zzzz
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction. The greatness and misery of science in a toxic world / Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas
Part I. Knowledge, expertise, and the transformations in regulatory systems
Precaution and the history of endocrine disruptors / Nancy Langston
The political life of mutagens: a history of the Ames test / Angela N. H. Creager
DES, cancer, and endocrine disruptors: ways of regulating, chemical risks, and public expertise in the United States / Jean-Paul Gaudilliáere
Managing scientific and political uncertainty: environmental risk assessment in a historical perspective / Soraya Boudia.
Part II. Activism and nonactivism: alternative uses of knowledge
Work, bodies, militancy: the "class ecology" debate in 1970s Italy / Stefania Barca
What kind of knowledge is needed about toxicant-related health issues? Some lessons drawn from the Seveso dioxin case / Laura Centemeri
From suspicious illness to policy change in petrochemical regions: popular epidemiology, science, and the law in the United States and Italy / Barbara L. Allen
Guinea pigs go to court: epidemiology and class actions in Taiwan / Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng.
Part III. Putting knowledge, ignorance, and regulation into perspective
Reckless laws, contaminated people: science reveals legal shortcomings in public health protections / Carl F. Cranor
Untangling ignorance in environmental risk assessment / Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards
Low-dose toxicology: narratives from science-transcience interface / Sheldon Krimsky
Unruly technologies and fractured oversight: toward a model for chemical control for the twenty-first century / Jody A. Roberts.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?
| July 18, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| March 20, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| November 14, 2020 | Created by MARC Bot | import new book |