Chemicals / Margaret Haerens, book editor.

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Contributors: Haerens, Margaret (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
Series:Opposing viewpoints series.
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505 0 0 |g Chapter 1: What threats do chemicals pose to the environment and public health?  |t There are too many unregulated chemicals in everyday life /  |r Melinda Burns --  |t Americans cannot be paralyzed by fear when it comes to chemical exposure /  |r Julie Gunlock --  |t Both rich and poor communities are affected by toxic chemical exposure /  |r Danielle Kurtzleben --  |t Toxic chemical exposure disproportionately impacts low-income communities /  |r James Hamblin --  |g Chapter 2: What can lead to dangerous levels of toxic chemical exposure?  |t E-cigarettes may benefit smokers and public health /  |r Sally Satel --  |t Flame-retardant chemicals are a public health threat /  |r Elizabeth Grossman --  |t Pharmaceutical drugs are polluting water and adversely affecting wildlife /  |r Harvard Health Letter --  |t Many common cosmetics contain toxins and may be a threat to public health /  |r Linda Sharps --  |g Chapter 3: How are chemicals endangering the water and food supply?  |t How safe is our drinking water? /  |r James Salzman --  |t The use of chemical pesticides endangers wildlife and the environment /  |r Sonia Shah --  |t Chemicals involved in fracking are a public health risk /  |r Sandy Dechert --  |t Fracking is not a public health risk /  |r Nicolas D. Loris --  |t The chemical dispersants used in oil spills are toxic /  |r Jacqueline Savitz --  |t The use of chemical dispersants to treat oil spills involves environmental trade-offs /  |r David Westerholm --  |g Chapter 4: How should the government protect Americans from toxic chemicals?  |t A truly toxic issue /  |r Sadhbh Walshe --  |t The US government should not rush to ban chemicals /  |r Jon Entine --  |t The Chemical Safety Improvement Act should be passed /  |r Linda Fisher --  |t The Chemical Safety Improvement Act should not be passed /  |r Andy Igrejas --  |t Bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned /  |r Karl Grossman --  |t Bisphenol A (BPA) should not be banned /  |r Angel Logomasini --  |t Regulations on chemical production and storage should be tightened /  |r John Deans and Richard Moore. 
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