CHEMICALS. UEP 0277 - Advanced Seminar Social Risk And Toxic

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Tufts University

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The course explores how evidence about chemical risks in our environment is understood and represented by the public, science, regulators, and the media and discusses the complex factors that turn public awareness about chemical risks into policy responses. Other topics include: the role of scientific assessment of risks of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and endocrine disruptors; scientific and cultural views about chemical risk; contested science of chemical hazards; legal responses to uncertainty of health effects; the precautionary principle applied to toxic substances; political economy of social risk management, ethical foundations of regulation and acceptable risk. Readings will be drawn from the following sources: Silent Spring, Our Stolen Future, Hormonal Chaos, Toxic Exposures, Regulating Toxic Substances, and The Secret History of the War on Cancer. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tufts.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 628-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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