Lethal Laws: Animal Testing, Human Health, and Environmental Policy - Couverture souple

Fano, Alix

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1856494985 ISBN 13 : 9781856494984

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

For the last 150 years, chemicals have been tested on animals for the alleged purpose of protecting the public from their dangerous effects. Lethal Laws reveals that using animals as human surrogates is not only unethical, it is bad science. Alix Fano provides a meticulous analysis of the technical and scientific problems that have plagued animal tests for decades, but which have not been forcefully challenged until now. She shows how animal testing has been used as an alibi to allow the continued use of thousands of toxic chemicals. In a field dominated by male voices, this is a pioneering work by a woman that effectively demonstrates the causal link between animal testing and environmental degradation, and the subsequent deterioration of human health.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alix Fano is a New York-based freelance writer and activist who, for the past ten years, has written about health, animal advocacy, and environmental issues, having had opinion pieces published in The New York Times and other US-based newspapers and magazines. She holds a Master's degree in Urban & Environmental Policy from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Formerly the Media Director for the London-based group Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine, she is currently Coordinator for the Medical Research Modernization Committee in New York City. This is her first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856494985
• ISBN 13: 9781856494984
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible