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TOXIC SAFETY: FLAME RETARDANTS, CHEMICAL CONTROVERSIES, By Alissa Cordner *Mint*
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- ISBN-10
- 0231171463
- Book Title
- Toxic Safety: Flame Retardants, Chemical Controversies, and
- Genre
- SCIENCE
- ISBN
- 9780231171465
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231171463
ISBN-13
9780231171465
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219161940
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Toxic Safety : Flame Retardants, Chemical Controversies, and Environmental Health
Language
English
Subject
Chemistry / Environmental (See Also Environmental Science), Environmental / Pollution Control, Fire Science, Disease & Health Issues
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.3 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-024698
Reviews
An important contribution to questions about how we regulate environmental chemicals and how stakeholders shape this process., How could a class of chemicals as dangerous to health and limited in usefulness as flame retardants have become as widespread as they have? How could scientists, advocates, legislators, firefighters, and others mount an effective campaign to curb their use? Toxic Safety tells this story with great finesse, while setting the bar for research on chemical controversy. Cordner's notion of 'strategic science translation' and her elaboration of multiple approaches to risk will be standards for future environmental and public health scholars., Toxic Safety makes an important contribution to questions about how we regulate environmental chemicals and how stakeholders shape this process. The book will be of interest to a range of readers, including environmental sociologists, public health advocates, and those interested in the politics of flame retardants and environmental health. It could usefully be assigned in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars that address environmental politics., An important contribution to the scholarship of toxic risk. In particular, the innovative methodology and detailed methodological appendix will be enormously valuable for graduate students and established scholars alike., Toxic Safety is an excellent contribution to environmental and medical social science, and it will be of interest to scholars in sociology, anthropology, and environmental studies. It is also an important resource for activists involved in civic movements for environmental health and environmental justice and for anyone motivated to build a society free of toxic substances., Toxic Safety is expansive and detailed; it is well written, and the story is told with clarity and conviction; and it sheds considerable light on the history of the flame retardant industry and the conflicting interests surrounding the use and regulation of flame retardant chemicals, as well as the limitations of science in environmental policymaking. This is an essential book for environmental sociologists interested in risk and environmental policy., Toxic Safety is an excellent contribution to environmental and medical social science, and it will be of interest to scholars in sociology, anthropology, and environmental studies. It is also and important resource for activists involved in civic movements for environmental health and environmental justice and for anyone motivated to build a society free of toxic substances., The flame retardant controversy serves as a fascinating case study of how scientific policies are made. Toxic Safety is a well-researched, well-organized, and well-written real-life example of how science contributes to policy.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
363.17/91
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Uncertain Science and the Fight for Environmental Health 2. Hot Topics: Flame Retardants in the Public Sphere 3. Defending Risk and Defining Safety 4. Strategic Science Translation 5. Negotiating Science 6. Science of Advocacy Conclusion: The Pursuit of Chemical Justice Appendix. Playing the Field: Methodological Reflections Notes References Index
Synopsis
Marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Alissa Cordner describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals. 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., Initially marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Some argue that data show the chemicals are unsafe while others continue to support their use. The tactics of each side have far-reaching consequences for how we interpret new scientific discoveries. An experienced environmental sociologist, Alissa Cordner conducts more than a hundred interviews with activists, scientists, regulators, and industry professionals to isolate the social, scientific, economic, and political forces influencing environmental health policy today. Introducing "strategic science translation," she describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals and construct "conceptual risk formulas" to shape risk assessment and the interpretation of empirical evidence. A revelatory 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.
LC Classification Number
TD428.F57C67 2016
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