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Genomics and environmental regulation : science, ethics, and law / edited by Richard R. Sharp, Gary E. Marchant, Jamie A. Grodsky.

Other author/creatorSharp, Richard R. (Richard Roy)
Other author/creatorMarchant, Gary Elvin, 1958-
Other author/creatorGrodsky, Jamie A.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxxiv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Subject(s)
Contents Toxicogenomics and environmental regulation / Gary E. Marchant -- Addressing genomic needs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Kerry L. Dearfield ... [et al.] -- Application of genomics for health and environmental safety of chemicals: an industry perspective / Richard D. Phillips -- Toxicogenomics and the public interest: technical and sociopolitical challenges / John M. Balbus -- Challenges in applying toxicogenomic data in federal regulatory settings / Lynn L. Bergeson -- Genetic data and toxic torts: intimations of statistical reductionism / Andrew Askland and Gary E. Marchant -- Genomics and environmental justice: some preliminary thoughts / Gary E. Marchant and Jamie A. Grodsky -- Setting air quality standards in the postgenomic era / Gary E. Marchant --
Contents Genetics and workplace issues / Paul A. Schulte -- Advances in human genome epidemiology: implications for occupational health and disease prevention / Marc Weinstein -- Occupational health and discrimination issues raised by toxicogenomics in the workplace / Mark A. Rothstein -- Genetic susceptibility and radiological health and safety / Kenneth L. Mossman -- Conceptual and normative dimensions of toxicogenomics / Andrea O. Smith and Jason Scott Robert -- Environmental disease, biomarkers, and the precautionary principle / David B. Resnik -- Rights and the exceptionally vulnerable / James W. Nickel -- (Almost) equal protection for genetically susceptible subpopulations: a hybrid regulatory-compensation proposal / Carl Cranor -- Protecting people in spite of, or thanks to, the "veil of ignorance" / Adam M. Finkel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008007949
ISBN9780801890222 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801890225 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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