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Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children /

Markowitz, Gerald E.

Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. - Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, c2013. - xxii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 24 . - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 24. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780520273252

2012042916

RA1231.L4 / M365 2013

363.738/492

QV 11 AA1

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