Is It Safe?: BPA and the Struggle to Define the Safety of Chemicals - Couverture souple

Vogel, Sarah A. A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520273583 ISBN 13 : 9780520273580

Editeur : University of California Press, 2012

Synopsis

We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? Is It Safe? narrates how the meaning of the safety of industrial chemicals has been historically produced by breakthroughs in environmental health research, which in turn trigger contests among trade associations, lawyers, politicians, and citizen activists to set new regulatory standards. Drawing on archival research and extensive interviews, author Sarah Vogel explores the roots of the contemporary debate over the safety of BPA, and the concerns presented by its estrogen-like effects even at low doses. Ultimately, she contends that science alone cannot resolve the political and economic conflicts at play in the definition of safety. To strike a sustainable balance between the interests of commerce and public health requires recognition that powerful interests will always try to shape the criteria for defining safety, and that the agenda for environmental health research should be protected from capture by any single interest group.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Vogel is Managing Director of the Health program at the Environmental Defense Fund

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520273583
• ISBN 13: 9780520273580
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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