Chemical consequences : environmental mutagens, scientist activism, and the rise of genetic toxicology /

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Author / Creator:Frickel, Scott.
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.
Description:xiii, 197 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5573837
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ISBN:0813534127 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813534135 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-191) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Situating Genetic Toxicology
  • 2. Working on Mutations
  • 3. Making Room for Environmental Mutagens
  • 4. A Wave of Scientist Collective Action
  • 5. Framing Scientist Activism
  • 6. Organizing a Scientists' Movement
  • 7. Conclusion: Environmental Knowledge Politics in Practice
  • Appendix A.. Scientists Interviewed
  • Appendix B.. Timeline of Institutionalizing Events in Environmental Mutagenesis/Genetic Toxicology, 1964-1976
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index