Name: Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency (en Inglés)
Price: 119810.00 CLP
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Author: Howard Ball
ISBN: 9780313275661

portada Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Praeger

Autor

Howard Ball

Año

1993

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

216

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0313275661

ISBN13

9780313275661

Categorías

Salud pública y medicina preventiva

Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency (en Inglés)

Howard Ball (Autor) · Praeger · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency (en Inglés)"

For the first time, the sad story of America's uranium miners and the duplicity of our government is revealed. This expert study examines, in microcosm, the political, legal, social, medical, engineering, and ethical problems that emerged when American leaders developed a nuclear arsenal to contain the Soviet Union without considering the cost this could have on innocent lives. Medical and public health personnel, policymakers and political scientists, lawyers and legal historians, and citizen watchdogs will find this account illuminating.Ball provides the context in the 1940s and 1950s for understanding the Communist hysteria that swept the country and led policymakers to develop risky nuclear technology and to engage in uranium mining and production while assuring Navajo and Mormon miners of their safety. The study analyzes the medical consequences and the etiology of cancer among miners, the politics behind radioactive policy, the miners' long legal battles, and compensatory legislation in 1990. An appendix provides a federal report about three decades of radiation experiences on U.S. citizens. A bibliography points to primary and secondary source material of note.