Environmental Toxicology: The Legacy of Silent Spring

Tansey E.m and D. A Christie

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Abstract: The authors draws the reader’s attention to the twin toxic hazards that is radiation and chemicals linger , the author effectively fused the pre-existent pollution concerns of urban and industrial reformers to the ecological sensitivities of resource conservation and wilderness preservation. This forceful vision helped to establish the modern environmental movement. Forty years after the publication of Silent Spring, the Wellcome Trust Centre’s Witness Seminar convened to assess the legacy of this book in relation to environmental toxicology.[WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE VOL- 19,2004]

Keywords: Monoclonal antibodies; renal transplantation; Pneumoconiosis; Oral contraceptives; Endogenous opiates; nuclear magnetic resonance; magnetic resonance imaging; MRC Common Cold Unit; psychiatric practice; heart transplant; Haemophilia; Obstetric ultrasound; penicillin antibiotics; MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales); asthma; Peptic ulcer; maternal care; leukaemia; MRC Applied Psychology Unit; Genetic testing; Foot and mouth diseas; cystic fibrosis; environmental toxicology; Thrombolysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05
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