Chemical Consequences: Environmental Mutagens, Scientist Activism, and the Rise of Genetic Toxicology

by Scott Frickel

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Hereis the first historical and sociological account of the formation of an interdisciplinary science known as genetic toxicology, and of the scientists' social movement that created it.

After research geneticists discovered that synthetic chemicals were capable of changing the genetic structure of living organisms, scientists began to explore how these chemicals affected gene structure and function. In the late 1960s, a small group...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813534135

ISBN13:9780813534138

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:197 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Basic Sciences Biological Sciences Biology & Life Sciences Earth Sciences Ecology Environmental Science Environmental Studies Evolution Genetics History & Philosophy

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