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Book SynopsisDrawing on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, and social movement studies, this work looks at the ways scientific findings are made available to the public and the changing nature of policy offers a new perspective on health and the environment and the relationship among people, knowledge, power, and authority.
Trade ReviewEnvironmental activists, wannabe activists, and folks tired of environmental hazards in their communities will find this a worthwhile guide for action. Library Journal Toxic Exposures does shed light on the intersection of health research, advocacy and policy-making. -- Paul D. Blanc Nature Timely and important. -- Peder Anker Science A guidebook for those wishing to understand the environmental-health movement. -- Sandra Steingraber Times Literary Supplement Toxic Exposures is one of the most important books I have read in a long time. -- David Naguib Pellow Mobilization The chapter on breast cancer is reason enough to read this book. -- Jill Chapin Breast Cancer Action Newsletter [Toxic Exposures] rightfully belongs on the shelf next to other books on contemporary issues in medicine. -- Russ Lopez Journal of the American Medical Association Not just another addition to environmental justice studies but provides substantial contributions to the foundations of environmental justice research. Nature and Culture
Table of ContentsForeword by Lois Gibbs Preface: Toxic Exposures and the Challenge of Environmental Health List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1. Citizen-Science Alliances and Health Social Movements: Contested Illnesses and Challenges to the Dominant Epidemiological Paradigm 2. Breast Cancer: A Powerful Movement and a Struggle for Science 3. Asthma, Environmental Factors, and Environmental Justice 4. Gulf War-Related Illnesses and the Hunt for Causation: The "Stress of War" Versus the "Dirty Battlefield" 5. Similarities and Differences Among Asthma, Breast Cancer, and Gulf War Illnesses 6. The New Precautionary Approach: A Public Paradigm in Progress 7. Implications of the Contested Illnesses Perspective 8. Conclusion: The Growing Environmental Health Movement Notes Bibliography Index
