Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

by Liora Salter

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556080778
• ISBN13: 9781556080777
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"