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Author : Thom Davies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-15
Toxic Truths written by Thom Davies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with categories.
Post-truth politics have threatened science itself. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Toxic Truths examines enduring issues and new challenges for tackling environmental injustice in a post-truth age.
Toxic Truth
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Author : Lydia Denworth
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2018-07-19
Toxic Truth written by Lydia Denworth and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
They didn't start out as environmental warriors. Clair Patterson was a geochemist focused on determining the age of the Earth. Herbert Needleman was a pediatrician treating inner-city children. But in the chemistry lab and the hospital ward, they met a common enemy: lead. It was literally everywhere-in gasoline and paint, of course, but also in water pipes and food cans, toothpaste tubes and toys, ceramics and cosmetics, jewelry and batteries. Though few people worried about it at the time, lead was also toxic. In Toxic Truth, journalist Lydia Denworth tells the little-known stories of these two men who were among the first to question the wisdom of filling the world with such a harmful metal. Denworth follows them from the ice and snow of Antarctica to the schoolyards of Philadelphia and Boston as they uncovered the enormity of the problem and demonstrated the irreparable harm lead was doing to children. In heated conferences and courtrooms, the halls of Congress and at the Environmental Protection Agency, the scientist and doctor were forced to defend their careers and reputations in the face of incredible industry opposition. It took courage, passion, and determination to prevail against entrenched corporate interests and politicized government bureaucracies. But Patterson, Needleman, and their allies did finally get the lead out - since it was removed from gasoline, paint, and food cans in the 1970s, the level of lead in Americans' bodies has dropped 90 percent. Their success offers a lesson in the dangers of putting economic priorities over public health, and a reminder of the way science-and individuals-can change the world. The fundamental questions raised by this battle-what constitutes disease, how to measure scientific independence, and how to quantify acceptable risk-echo in every environmental issue of today: from the plastic used to make water bottles to greenhouse gas emissions. And the most basic question-how much do we need to know about what we put in our environment-is perhaps more relevant today than it has ever been.
Toxic Truths
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Author : Thom Davies
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Toxic Truths written by Thom Davies and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Political Science categories.
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Debates over science, facts, and values are pivotal in the struggle for environmental justice. For decades, environmental justice activists have campaigned against the misuse of science, engaging in community-led citizen science that champions knowledge produced by and for ordinary people living with environmental risks and hazards. However, post-truth politics have threatened science itself. Toxic truths examines the relationship between environmental justice and citizen science, focusing on enduring issues and new challenges in a post-truth age. The volume features a range of community-based participatory environmental health and justice research projects that seek to establish different ways of sensing, witnessing, and interpreting environmental injustice. From struggles in American hog country and contaminated indigenous communities, to local environmental controversies in Spain and China, this volume examines political strategies for seeking environmental justice. With international, interdisciplinary contributions from distinguished authors, emerging scholars and community activists, Toxic truths is essential reading for those seeking to understand the cutting edge of citizen science and activism around the world.
Broken Changed Rearranged
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Author : Liesl Hays
language : en
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Broken Changed Rearranged written by Liesl Hays and has been published by Morgan James Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Self-Help categories.
Liesl Hays once believed her deepest, darkest secret would destroy her life. Then, one afternoon she was sitting across from her manager in a translucent glass office and the words she feared most exited her superior’s mouth. How could a 34-year old with a successful corporate career, doting husband, and amazing children be one secret away from blowing up her life? In this powerful self-development book, Broken, Changed and Rearranged, Liesl reveals what happens when the worst part of life is on public display and how crisis was the bottom, she needed to find herself. Perhaps you are carrying around stories that are left untold. These carefully edited chapters in your life feel impossibly heavy. In the silence, these stories are a constant reminder you are never free. You are captive to a fear that constantly rests inside your stomach, “What happens when they know?” Are you ready to step outside the silence and set yourself free? In Broken, Changed and Rearranged, you will learn to: • Own your story so it no longer has power over you or those you love • Identify beliefs and patterns that led you to choose your destructive stories • Listen deeply to your inner voice and respect its wisdom • Align your life priorities to what you care deeply about • And MOSTLY...not allow un-important voices to shape your life
Inevitably Toxic
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Author : Brinda Sarathy
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2018-10-16
Inevitably Toxic written by Brinda Sarathy and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Science categories.
Not a day goes by that humans aren’t exposed to toxins in our environment—be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren’t marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces' substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxic consider the exposure of bodies in the United States, Canada and Japan to radiation, industrial waste, and pesticides. Research shows that appeals to uncertainty have led to social inaction even when evidence, e.g. the link between carbon emissions and global warming, stares us in the face. In some cases, influential scientists, engineers and doctors have deliberately "manufactured doubt" and uncertainty but as the essays in this collection show, there is often no deliberate deception. We tend to think that if we can’t see contamination and experts deem it safe, then we are okay. Yet, having knowledge about the uncertainty behind expert claims can awaken us from a false sense of security and alert us to decisions and practices that may in fact cause harm.
The Truth About Girls And Boys
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Author : Caryl Rivers
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-09
The Truth About Girls And Boys written by Caryl Rivers and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Psychology categories.
Presents an analysis of the differences between girls and boys and argues that children should be encouraged to venture outside their comfort zones to gain multifaceted characters.
The First Forensic Hanging
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Author : Summer Strevens
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2018-09-30
The First Forensic Hanging written by Summer Strevens and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with Social Science categories.
‘For the sake of decency, gentlemen, don't hang me high.’ This was the last request of modest murderess Mary Blandy, who was hanged for poisoning her father in 1752. Concerned that the young men in the crowd who had thronged to see her execution might look up her skirts as she was ‘turned off’ by the hangman, this last nod to propriety might appear farcical in one who was about to meet her maker. Yet this was just another aspect of a case which attracted so much public attention in its day that some determined spectators even went to the lengths of climbing through the courtroom windows to get a glimpse of Mary while on trial. Indeed her case remained newsworthy for the best part of 1752, for months garnering endless scrutiny and mixed reaction in the popular press. Opinions are certainly still divided on the matter of Mary’s ‘intention’ in the poisoning of her father, and the extent to which her coercive lover, Captain William Cranstoun, was responsible for this murder by proxy. Yet Mary Blandy’s trial was also notable in that it was the first time that detailed medical evidence had been presented in a court of law on a charge of murder by poisoning, and the first time that any court had accepted toxicological evidence in an arsenic poisoning case. The forensic legacy of the acceptance of Dr Anthony Addington’s application of chemistry to a criminal investigation is another compelling aspect of The First Forensic Hanging.
The Toxic Sting Of Deceit Deception And Lies
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Author : Rita J Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-07
The Toxic Sting Of Deceit Deception And Lies written by Rita J Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-07 with categories.
After experiencing a failed relationship and unresolved issues within herself an admired News Anchor realizes that she has experienced the sting of deceit deception and lies. Her friends are helping her navigate through the pain and hard truths only to discover that the healing process may not be as easy as they had hoped. It is God's desire that we live a life of freedom and purpose but sometimes we can be our own hindrance when we fail to deal with past hurts and ugly truths about ourselves. The Toxic Sting of Deceit Deception and Lies is a book that will show the damage that can be done when we project our own pain onto others but also the power of healing and forgiveness when we are willing to do the work.
The Toxic Sting Of Deceit Deception And Lies
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Author : Rita J. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2021-04-07
The Toxic Sting Of Deceit Deception And Lies written by Rita J. Taylor and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-07 with Fiction categories.
After experiencing a failed relationship and unresolved issues within herself an admired News Anchor realizes that she has experienced the sting of deceit deception and lies. Her friends are helping her navigate through the pain and hard truths only to discover that the healing process may not be as easy as they had hoped. It is God’s desire that we live a life of freedom and purpose but sometimes we can be our own hindrance when we fail to deal with past hurts and ugly truths about ourselves. The Toxic Sting of Deceit Deception and Lies is a book that will show the damage that can be done when we project our own pain onto others but also the power of healing and forgiveness when we are willing to do the work.
The First Forensic Hanging
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Author : Summer Strevens
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2018-09-30
The First Forensic Hanging written by Summer Strevens and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with Social Science categories.
‘For the sake of decency, gentlemen, don't hang me high.’ This was the last request of modest murderess Mary Blandy, who was hanged for poisoning her father in 1752. Concerned that the young men in the crowd who had thronged to see her execution might look up her skirts as she was ‘turned off’ by the hangman, this last nod to propriety might appear farcical in one who was about to meet her maker. Yet this was just another aspect of a case which attracted so much public attention in its day that some determined spectators even went to the lengths of climbing through the courtroom windows to get a glimpse of Mary while on trial. Indeed her case remained newsworthy for the best part of 1752, for months garnering endless scrutiny and mixed reaction in the popular press. Opinions are certainly still divided on the matter of Mary’s ‘intention’ in the poisoning of her father, and the extent to which her coercive lover, Captain William Cranstoun, was responsible for this murder by proxy. Yet Mary Blandy’s trial was also notable in that it was the first time that detailed medical evidence had been presented in a court of law on a charge of murder by poisoning, and the first time that any court had accepted toxicological evidence in an arsenic poisoning case. The forensic legacy of the acceptance of Dr Anthony Addington’s application of chemistry to a criminal investigation is another compelling aspect of The First Forensic Hanging.