Silent scourge : children, pollution, and why scientists disagree / Colleen F. Moore.

This work traces the debates around five key pollutants - lead mercury, noise, pesticides, and dioxins and PCBs - and provides an overview of the history of each, the basic research findings and the surrounding scientific and regulatory controversies.

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Main Author: Moore, Colleen F., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Summary:This work traces the debates around five key pollutants - lead mercury, noise, pesticides, and dioxins and PCBs - and provides an overview of the history of each, the basic research findings and the surrounding scientific and regulatory controversies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-307) and index.
ISBN:9780195343755
0195343751
0195186400
9780195186406
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.