Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy)
Edición de la obra Taking Action, Saving Lives
| Autor | Kristin Shrader-Frechette |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | September 19, 2007 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 320 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780195325461 |
| ISBN-10 | 019532546X |
| OCLC | 74569946 |
| LCCN | 2006052497 |
| Número de Cutter |
S561t |
"The U.S. government says industrial and agricultural toxins cause at least 10 percent of cancer deaths - 60,000 of 600,000 annually in the United States - and environmentalists put the figure even higher. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control say avoidable U.S. pollution annually costs citizens $13 billion from asthma, $351 billion from cardiovascular disease, and $240 billion from occupational disease and injury." "Why is government not protecting people? In this compelling, disturbing, yet highly readable book, Shrader-Frechette shows how campaign contributions, lobbyists and their control of media, advertisements, and PR can all conspire to manipulate scientific information, withhold data, cover-up pollution-related disease and death, and "capture" regulators. The result is often the best science, politicians, and policy - that money can buy." "Warning against scapegoating any groups, Shrader-Frechette puts the blame - and the solution - squarely on the shoulders of ordinary citizens. She shows how and why virtually everyone in a democracy has justice-based duties to help prevent avoidable, environment-related deaths."--Jacket.