Lead Poisoning and the Dangers of Pragmatism

Daniel Renfrew
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Daniel Renfrew: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6326, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-4

Abstract: Drawing from ethnographic research on lead poisoning in Uruguay and secondary literature from lead poisoning cases around the world, the commentary argues that public health policy guided by pragmatism presents multiple dangers to effective health intervention.

Keywords: lead poisoning; LMICs; Uruguay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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