Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Cold War Over the Worker's Body: Cross-National Clashes Over Maximum Allowable Concentrations in the Post-World War II Era
- 2 Adapting To ‘Reality’: The Emergence of an International Expertise On Food Additives and Contaminants in the 1950s and Early 1960s
- 3 From Threshold to Risk: Exposure to Low Doses of Radiation and its Effects On Toxicants Regulation
- 4 ‘License To Expose’? Occupational Exposure Limits, Scientific Expertise and State in Contemporary France
- 5 Chemical Infrastructures of the St Clair River
- 6 Managing an Everlastingly Polluted World: Food Policies And Community Health Actions in the French West Indies
- 7 Chernobyl Empowerment? Exporting ‘Participatory Governance’ to Contaminated Territories
- Notes
- Index
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Cold War Over the Worker's Body: Cross-National Clashes Over Maximum Allowable Concentrations in the Post-World War II Era
- 2 Adapting To ‘Reality’: The Emergence of an International Expertise On Food Additives and Contaminants in the 1950s and Early 1960s
- 3 From Threshold to Risk: Exposure to Low Doses of Radiation and its Effects On Toxicants Regulation
- 4 ‘License To Expose’? Occupational Exposure Limits, Scientific Expertise and State in Contemporary France
- 5 Chemical Infrastructures of the St Clair River
- 6 Managing an Everlastingly Polluted World: Food Policies And Community Health Actions in the French West Indies
- 7 Chernobyl Empowerment? Exporting ‘Participatory Governance’ to Contaminated Territories
- Notes
- Index
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- Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 , pp. i - ivPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014