Hazardous Chemicals

Ernst Homburg is Professor of History of Science and Technology Emeritus at Maastricht University. His scholarly work has included the co-editorship of two multivolume book series on the history of technology in the Netherlands, as well as of New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2007), and Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm (2012, with Kenneth Bertrams and Nicolas Coupain).Elisabeth Vaupel studied chemistry, biology and history in Mainz, Freiburg/Breisgau and Munich. She is a historian of chemistry in the research institute of the Deutsches Museum, where she was previously head of the chemistry department. She also teaches the history of chemistry at Stuttgart University. She is co-editor of Das Deutsche Museum in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus: Eine Bestandsaufnahme (2010, with Stefan L. Wolff).

“Homburg and Vaupel provide an excellent review of the industrial development of eight chemical substances that have emerged as problematic agents to global public health and the environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution…the language here is non-technical, and each chapter provides extensive footnotes and references…Recommended” Choice“This collection is an important addition to the literature and will help the field take the now overdue step from national to global research.” Labour History Review“Hazardous Chemicals hopefully also encourages medical doctors to stay alert to signs of toxicity, to conduct good research, and to formulate conclusions so clearly that industry, legislation and the public can actually do something with it.” Medisch Contact

• List of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Hazardous Chemicals, 1800–2000: A Conceptual and Regulatory OverviewErnst Homburg and Elisabeth VaupelPART I: FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC POISONING: REGULATING OLD POISONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGEChapter 1. Schweinfurt Green and the Sanitary Police: The Fight Against Copper Arsenite PigmentsJoost MertensChapter 2. The Banning of White Lead: French and International RegulationsLaurence LestelChapter 3. Old Situations, New Complications: Lead and Lead Poisoning in a Changing WorldChristian WarrenPART II: DISCOVERING NEW HEALTH IMPACTS: CARCIOGENESIS, MUTAGENESIS AND MORE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND NON-KNOWLEDGEChapter 4. Discovering Chemical Carcinogenesis: The Case of the Aromatic AminesHeiko Stoff and Anthony S. TravisChapter 5. Cyclamates: A Tale of Uncertain Knowledge (1930s–1980s)Alexander von SchwerinChapter 6. Cadmium Poisoning in Japan: The Itai-itai Disease and BeyondMasanori KajiChapter 7. Dioxins: The “Total Poison”Stefan BöschenPART III: NEW PRODUCTS, NEW EFFECTS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LONG SHADOW OF THE 1960SChapter 8. OrganophosphatesFrederick R. DavisChapter 9. A Tale of Two Nations: DDT in the USA and the UKPeter J. T. MorrisChapter 10. War and Peace: The Phenoxy HerbicidesAmy M. HayChapter 11. Raising a Stink: The Short Happy Life of MTBEJohn K. SmithConclusionsErnst Homburg and Elisabeth VaupelIndex