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9780520217492

Deceit and Denial

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520217492

  • ISBN10:

    0520217497

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

This book does for the lead and plastics industries what A Civil Action did for WR Grace or Erin Brockovich for PG&E. It focuses on the industries rather than heroic individuals, and develops an argument for government action as the only remedy against corporate self-interest.

Author Biography

David Rosner is Professor of History and Public Health at Columbia University and Director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Industry's Child 1(11)
The House of the Butterflies: Lead Poisoning among Workers and Consumers
12(24)
A Child Lives in a Lead World
36(28)
Cater to the Children: The Promotion of White Lead
64(44)
Old Poisons, New Problems
108(31)
Better Living through Chemistry?
139(29)
Evidence of an Illegal Conspiracy by Industry
168(27)
Damn Liars
195(39)
Ol' Man River or Cancer Alley?
234(29)
A Hazy Mixture: Science, Civil Rights, Pollution, and Politics
263(24)
Science and Prudent Public Policy
287(12)
Conclusion 299(8)
Notes 307(82)
Index 389

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