Lead Wars - The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children (Paperback)

In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. "Lead Wars" details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. The authors use the opinion by Maryland's Court of Appeals--which considered whether researchers at Johns Hopkins University's prestigious Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) engaged in unethical research on 108 African-American children--as a springboard to ask fundamental questions about the practice and future of public health. "Lead Wars" chronicles the obstacles faced by public health workers in the conservative, pro-business, anti-regulatory climate that took off in the Reagan years and that stymied efforts to eliminate lead from the environments and the bodies of American children.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 24
Release date:	August 2014
First published:	August 2014
Authors:	Gerald Markowitz • David Rosner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28393-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-28393-7
Barcode:	9780520283930

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