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Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Liora Salter

    1. Department of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada

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Part of the book series: Environmental Ethics and Science Policy (EESP, volume 1)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction to Mandated Science

    • Liora Salter
    Pages 1-19

  3. An Introduction to Standards

    • Liora Salter
    Pages 20-35

  4. In the Eye of the Storm Case Study One: The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

    • Edwin Levy
    Pages 36-66

  5. Alphabet Soup Case Study Two: The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

    • Liora Salter
    Pages 67-97

  6. Political Chemicals Case Study Three: The Toronto Lead Controversy

    • William Leiss
    Pages 98-131

  7. An Economic Poison Case Study Four: Pentachlorophenol

    • Edwin Levy
    Pages 132-159

  8. Standards Revisited

    • Liora Salter
    Pages 160-185

  9. Mandated Science

    • Liora Salter
    Pages 186-209

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 210-221
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About this book

For a long time I would not eat strawberries. In 1977, a scandal broke about a testing laboratory having falsified the data that was used to register a large number of pesticides. The Canadian government, along with several others, began the process of re-evaluating both the procedures for testing and these specific chemicals. One chemical proved particularly controversial, the commonly-used pesticide named captan. In light of the controversy, which was manifest in a conflict between two government departments, in 1981, the Canadian government chose to appoint a special panel of experts to advise them. I was a member of this expert committee. The experience on the captan committee did little to reassure me, either about captan or about the way that decisions had been made about many pesticides in widespread use. Although it could not be demonstrated that captan was dangerous to people in the amounts to which they would likely be exposed, the animal studies provided the basis for concern. Prudence required at the very least that consumers take the precaution of washing their fruit, for captan is widely used on apples, cherries and berry fruits. Captan residues wash off apples relatively easily; they are less easily removed from berry fruits, such as straw­ berries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada

    Liora Salter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

  • Book Subtitle: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

  • Authors: Liora Salter

  • Series Title: Environmental Ethics and Science Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2711-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-057-9Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-077-7Published: 13 July 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2711-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 220

  • Topics: Ethics, Environmental Management, Sociology, general

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