Toxic deception : how the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your health
Prize-winning investigative journalists Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle and the Center for Public Integrity expose the secretive world of the chemical giants, unearthing questions disturbing enough to crush America's faith in the household products and foods that permeate its life -- dry cleaning, particleboard, plywood, permanent press fabrics, most popular cleaning products and common lawn sprays are all hazardous to your health. Without polemic, Toxic Deception details how and why corporations keep harmful products on the market even when safer, cheaper alternatives are available. Meticulously researched, Toxic Deception supplements its investigations with analysis of a range of scientific studies and, perhaps most chillingly, the stories of families whose lives have been devastated by toxic products that have damaged their health and environment. Toxic Deception doesn't stop short at uncovering the poisoning of our future -- several chapters explain how consumers can reduce their own risk and revitalize a dying system of health and safety laws
Print Book, English, ©1999
Common Courage Press, Monroe, Me., ©1999
xxv, [271] pages ; 23 cm
9781567511635, 9781567511628, 1567511635, 1567511627
40776758
Introduction: The Invisible Threat
1. Presumed Innocent
2. Four Chemicals
3. Science for Sale
4. Keeping the Watchdogs on a Short Leash
5. Making Friends in High Places
6. Justice Denied
7. The PR Juggernaut
8. Assessing the Alternatives
9. Fixing the System
10. The Cost of Toxic Deception
11. Afterword for the Second Edition: The More Things Change..