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Author:

Brown, Phil.

Title:

Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Environmentally induced diseases.
Asthma--Etiology.
Breast--Etiology.--Etiology.
Persian Gulf syndrome--Etiology.
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects.
Asthma--etiology.
Breast Neoplasms--etiology.
Environmental Health--trends.
Persian Gulf Syndrome--etiology.
Public Policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index.

Contents:

Index. Lois Gibbs -- Preface : Toxic exposures and the challenge of environmental health -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 8. Citizen-science alliances and health social movements : contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- 2. Breast cancer : a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- 3. Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- 4. Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation : the "stress of war" versus the "dirty battlefield" -- 5. Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- 6. The new precautionary approach : a public paradigm in progress -- 7. Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- 8. Conclusion : the growing environmental health movement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

0231503253 (ebook)
9780231503259 (ebook)
0231129483 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006034124

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)