Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's

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Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)

In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. Lead Wars details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. The authors use the opinion by Marylandâ€™s Court of Appealsâ€”which considered whether researchers at Johns Hopkins Universityâ€™s prestigious Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) engaged in unethical research on 108 African-American childrenâ€”as a springboard to ask fundamental questions about the practice and future of public health. Lead Wars chronicles the obstacles faced by public health workers in the conservative, pro-business, anti-regulatory climate that took off in the Reagan years and that stymied efforts to eliminate lead from the environments and the bodies of American children.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520954953
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	324
PublicationDate	2013-04-30
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2013-04-05
Studio	University of California Press

Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)