02882nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003800151020002700189040002100216035002100237050002500258082001900283100004100302245011600343260005600459300003200515504005100547505023700598520127100835533015202106650001302258650003202271650002802303655002902331710001702360856012602377999001702503ebr10622880CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120628s2013    cauac   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012026476  z9780520273573 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780520273580 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9780520954205 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)82374174614aQD341.P5bV64 2013eb04a615.9/51312231 aVogel, Sarah A.q(Sarah Ann),d1974-10aIs it safe?h[electronic resource] :bBPA and the struggle to define the safety of chemicals /cSarah A. Vogel.  aBerkeley :bUniversity of California Press,cc2013.  axxi, 304 p. :bill., ports.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPlastic food -- The "toxicity crisis" of the 1960s and 1970s -- Regulatory toxicity testing and environmental estrogens -- Endocrine disruption : new science, new risks -- The low-dose debate -- Battles over bisphenol A -- Epilogue.  a"We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? Is It Safe narrates how the meaning of the safety of industrial chemicals has been historically produced by breakthroughs in environmental health research, which in turn trigger contests among trade associations, lawyers, politicians, and citizen activists to set new regulatory standards. Drawing on archival research and extensive interviews, author Sarah Vogel explores the roots of the contemporary debate over the safety of BPA, and the concerns presented by its estrogen-like effects even at low doses. Ultimately, she contends that science alone cannot resolve the political and economic conflicts at play in the definition of safety. To strike a sustainable balance between the interests of commerce and public health requires recognition that powerful interests will always try to shape the criteria for defining safety, and that the agenda for environmental health research should be protected from capture by any single interest group"--Provided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPhenols. 0aChemicalsxSafety measures. 0aHealth risk assessment. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10622880zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c56325d56325