Toxic safety : flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health /

Toxic safety : flame retardants, chemical controversies, and environmental health /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cordner, Alissa, author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Fireproofing agents -- Environmental aspects. Fireproofing agents -- Toxicology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11406504

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ISBN:	0231541384 9780231541381 0231171463 9780231171465
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Cordner, Alissa. Toxic safety. New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] 9780231171465
Standard no.:	10.7312/cord17146

Table of Contents:

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.