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Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945
Author(s): Nathalie Jas (Editor), Soraya Boudia
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848934033
- ISBN-13: 9781848934030
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘timely and important … makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of scholarship analysing risk management from a transnational perspective.’ Ambix ‘an important book that asks the hard questions about public health and political reform in the post-World War II era … provides an excellent description and analysis of the perils we face and the policies that have contributed to such dangers.’ Bulletin of the History of Medicine ‘the book is a welcome contribution to the recent historical scholarship on transnational risk regulation…there is much to commend this book to scholars of occupational and environmental health regulation’ Social History of Medicine ‘well written and provides extensive documentation. Recommended.’ CHOICE
About the Author
Soraya Boudia, Nathalie Jas
