At risk: how and why we are exposed to toxic chemicals

A world awash in little understood chemicals tragically harms adults and children alike. Laws keep health agencies in the dark about toxicants, slow, well motivated research hampers protections, and strenuous vested opposition exacerbates the harm. How science is used in the tort law can facilitate...

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1. Verfasser: Cranor, Carl F. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:A world awash in little understood chemicals tragically harms adults and children alike. Laws keep health agencies in the dark about toxicants, slow, well motivated research hampers protections, and strenuous vested opposition exacerbates the harm. How science is used in the tort law can facilitate or frustrate redress of harm. This work recommends better approaches
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2017
ISBN:9780190635787
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190635756.001.0001