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Author:

Markowitz, Gerald E.

Title:

Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner.

Publisher:

University of California Press ;

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lead poisoning--History.
Lead poisoning in children.
Lead poisoning in children--Government policy.--Government policy.

Other Authors:

Rosner, David, 1947-
Milbank Memorial Fund.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

From personal tragedy to public health crisis -- Peeling the onion : new layers of the lead problem -- The contentious meaning of low-level exposures -- The rise of public health pragmatism -- Controlled poison -- Research on trial -- Lead poisoning and the courts -- A plague on all our houses.

Series:

California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 24

ISBN:

0520273257 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520273252 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)814440843

LCCN:

2012042916

Locations:

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

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)