Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
"Phil Brown argues that organized social movements are crucial in recognizing and acting to combat environmental diseases. His book draws on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, environmental health science, and social movement studies to show how citizen-science alliance...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2007]
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| Summary: | "Phil Brown argues that organized social movements are crucial in recognizing and acting to combat environmental diseases. His book draws on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, environmental health science, and social movement studies to show how citizen-science alliances have fought to overturn dominant epidemiological paradigms. His probing look 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231129483 9780231129480 |