"This book examines the factors that have led "new" environmental contaminants to emerge in the past and combines lessons learned from that history to anticipate potential new developments. The analyses described in this book originate in multiple disciplines: the science of toxicology; environmental law and regulation; the field of product stewardship; and the social science which explains why ideas take hold. Over a dozen case studies of contaminants that emerged as issues over the last hundred years illustrate crucial ...
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"This book examines the factors that have led "new" environmental contaminants to emerge in the past and combines lessons learned from that history to anticipate potential new developments. The analyses described in this book originate in multiple disciplines: the science of toxicology; environmental law and regulation; the field of product stewardship; and the social science which explains why ideas take hold. Over a dozen case studies of contaminants that emerged as issues over the last hundred years illustrate crucial points"--
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