Hazardous Chemicals : Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000
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| Title: | Hazardous Chemicals : Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000 |
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| Description: | Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded. |
| Authors: | Ernst Homburg, Elisabeth Vaupel |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Hazardous substances--History, Hazardous substances--Environmental aspects--History, Poisons--History |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded. |
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| ISBN: | 9781789203196 9781800734340 9781789203202 9781807588311 |
