Deceit and denial : the deadly politics of industrial pollution
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Deceit and denial : the deadly politics of industrial pollution
（California/Milbank series on health and the public, 6）
University of California Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
An account of the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers. Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a bruising story of cynical and cruel disregard for health and human rights. This resulting expose is full of startling revelations, provocative arguments, and disturbing conclusions - all based on research and information gleaned from secret industry documents. The book reveals the public relations campaign that the lead industry undertook to convince Americans to use its deadly product to paint walls, toys, furniture, and other objects in America's homes, despite a wealth of information that children were at risk for serious brain damage and death from ingesting this poison. This book highlights the immedidate dangers ordinary citizens face because of the relentless failure of industrial polluters to warn, inform, and protect their workers and neighbours.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Industry's Child
The House of the Butterflies
Lead Poisoning among Workers and Consumers
A Child Lives in a Lead World
Cater to the Children
The Promotion of White Lead
Old Poisons, New Problems
Better Living through Chemistry?
Evidence of an Illegal Conspiracy by Industry
Damn Liars
Ol' Man River or Cancer Alley?
A Hazy Mixture
Science, Civil Rights, Pollution, and Politics
Science and Prudent Public Policy
Conclusion
Notes
Index
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