Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution

Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution
ISBN-10
0520217497
ISBN-13
9780520217492
Category
Medical
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2002-10-10
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner

Description

It describes how European and American plastics industries worked together to keep secret the cancer-producing potential of one of its key ingredients, vinyl chloride monomer, the basic building block of polyvinyl chloride. Terrified that public knowledge would lead to bans or strict regulation, the industry planned an elaborate deception of the government agency responsible for protecting the health of the workforce."--BOOK JACKET.

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