Radon's Deadly Daughters

Science, Environmental Policy, and the Politics of Risk

AvMichael R. Edelstein,William J. Makofske

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Five years after Three Mile Island awakened Americans to the dread of radioactive release, a new and potentially more consequential radioactive threat was discovered in a Pennsylvania home. Touted as the second major cause of lung cancer, the radon problem was prominent as a leading environmental risk. However, widespread acceptance of this risk has never materialized. In this vibrant account, Edelstein and Makofske unveil the complex mix of social and scientific factors that have led to public and official misunderstanding of the geologic radon issue. The lessons of radon have great relevance in a contaminated world where people are increasingly surrounded by invisible environmental hazards, where uncertainty and controversy shroud a clear understanding of the threat, and where one can choose apathetic acceptance or attempt to discern how to actively protect oneself and one's family.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-18
Mått:149 x 227 x 21 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:380
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847683345

Utforska kategorier

Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Michael R. Edelstein is professor of environmental psychology at Ramapo College in New Jersey and the author of Contaminated Communities. William J. Makofske is professor of environmental physics at Ramapo College and the author of Technology and Global Environmental Issues. Both previously collaborated on Radon and the Environment.

Recensioner i media

As its subtitle promises, this is a book on radon policy, not radon psychology. Yet in another sense Radon's Deadly Daughters is very much a book about health psychology. How radon came to be framed as it did, and how the way it was framed affected policy and thus public health, are essentially questions of health psychology, questions that Edelstein and Makofske address with authority and insight.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Victims of a New ThreatChapter 2 Seeing the Invisible: The Recognition of Natural RadonChapter 3 Tightrope Walking a Federal Response to Geologic RadonChapter 4 Where Did They Hide the Dead Bodies?Chapter 5 The Myth of the Reading ProngChapter 6 The Myth of the Quick FixChapter 7 Passing the BuckChapter 8 Radon Program DecentralizationChapter 9 Marketing Radon Risk to the Wary ConsumerChapter 10 The Radon Private SectorChapter 11 Limits of the MarketChapter 12 Radon as a Non-Regulatory RiskChapter 13 The Societal Implications of Radon ExposureChapter 14 The Science and Technology of Radon