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Silent scourge [electronic resource] : children, pollution, and why scientists disagree / Colleen F. Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Colleen F., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pediatric toxicology.
- Environmental toxicology.
- Pollution--Psychological aspects.
- Pollution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prologue<br> 1. Lead and the Roots of Environmental Controversies<br> 2. Mercury: Not Just a Fish Story<br> 3. PCBs: Another Global Pollutant<br> 4. Why Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides Should Be Studied<br> 5. Noise and Children's Development<br> 6. It Isn't Fair: Environmental Pollution Disasters and Community Relocations<br> 7. The Best Science, Values, and the Precautionary Principle to Protect Children<br> Appendix: Two Important Statistical Concepts<br> Notes<br> References<br> Index
- Contents:
- Lead and the roots of environmental controversies
- Mercury : not just a fish story
- PCBs : another global pollutant
- Why organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides should be studied
- Noise and children's development
- It isn't fair : environmental pollution disasters and community relocations
- The best science, values, and the precautionary principle to protect children.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-307) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-534375-1
- 1-60256-672-0
- 9786610502073
- 1-280-50207-X
- OCLC:
- 821691679
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