{"product_id":"powerless-science-science-and-politics-in-a-toxic-world-9781785331985","title":"Powerless Science?: Science and Politics in a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable. This calls for a reconsideration of the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise in the definition and management of toxic issues, which this book seeks to do. It looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Each chapter is written by an authority on the topic and contains primary bibliographic sources.  Overall, the scientific content is accurate and free of obvious partiality.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The editors did a heroic job of assembling and connecting a group of articles from contributors active in interdisciplinary research and studies. They span multiple disciplines (sociology, history, philosophy, economics, and political science), assorted methodologies, different time frames, venues, and geographies… In summary, the absence of knowledge has powerfully shaped the history and social organization of our toxic world. And for this reason,\u003c\/em\u003e Powerless Science? \u003cem\u003emerits reading and reflective rereading.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· International Social Science Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Medical Anthropology Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The editors of\u003c\/em\u003e Powerless Science? \u003cem\u003ewere successful in overcoming the problem of disparate narratives, ever present in edited collections, especially those dealing with interdisciplinary themes. Although the book embraces different approaches… the diverse perspectives offer different faces of a common research object… [and] provides an extremely rich introduction… The book has also benefited from… the proven professional skills of the authors, all of whom are renowned scholars with successful careers in their respective perspectives on regulatory science.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· AMBIX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume makes a useful companion for  understanding the institutional histories and practices that assist in limiting or allowing, ignoring or acknowledging, toxic exposures.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Medicine Anthropology Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…the empirical payload of the collection…is substantial. The book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Medical Anthropology Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an innovative, very well organized and overall well written book on one of the most pressing issues of today’s society: the way chemicals contaminate the environment, and how we deal with it… most of the chapters cleverly combine the case study approach with universal features. It is surprising how well this works, both in the chapters and in the book at large.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Carsten Reinhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e, CEO and President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSoraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I : KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGULATORY SYSTEMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003ePrecaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Nancy Langston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Angela N. H. Creager\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e DES, Cancer and Endocrine Perturbation: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks and Public Expertise in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Jean-Paul Gaudillière\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty. Environmental Risk Assessment in an Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSoraya Boudia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II : ACTIVISM AND NON-ACTIVISM: ALTERNATIVE USES OF KNOWLEDGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Work, Bodies, Militancy: the “Class Ecology” Debate in 1970s Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Stefania Barca\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant- Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaura Centemeri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science and the Law in the U.S. and Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBarbara Allen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Guinea Pigs go to Court. Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE, IGNORANCE, AND REGULATIONN INTO PERSPECTIVE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health Protections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Carl Cranor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eUntangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eScott Frickel and Michelle Edwards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eLow Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Sheldon Krimsky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eUnruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Towards a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty First Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJody A. 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