Synthetic Planet : Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life (Paperback)

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Chemical Matters Monica J. Casper Part I: Environments 1. Troubled Natures: Toxic Pollutants and Japanese Identity in Two Tokyo Communities Peter Wynn Kirby 2. Indoor Air Pollution: Environmental Inequality Inside Allison Shore 3. Chemical Weapons Dispersal?: The Mundane Politics of Air Monitoring Monica J. Casper Part II: Bodies 4. Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Warfare: Agent Orange Diane Niblack Fox 5. From Metallic to Sickly: Chemical Waste, Environmental Discourse, and the National Body in Post-Socialist Hungary Zsuzsa Gille 6. When a Child Has Cancer: Protecting Children From a Toxic World Virginia Adams O'Connell Part III: Communities 7. Permitting Poison: Public Participation, the Criteria for Action, and Environmental Justice in the Case of Dioxin Karen Hoffman 8. Chemicals, Cancer, and Prevention: The Synergy of Synthetic Social Movements Maren Klawiter 9. Change of State?: The Greening of Chemistry E. J. Woodhouse Part IV: Nations 10. Sexual Synthetics: Women, Science, and Microbicides Susan E. Bell 11. Chemicals and Casualties: The Search for Causes of Gulf War Illnesses Phil Brown, Steve Zavestoski, Meadow Linder, Sabrina McCormick, and Brian Mayer 12. The Chemistry of Sovietization: Industrial Solvents and Nationalist Reactions in 1960s Lithuania Diana Mincyte 13. Conclusion: Environmental Security in an Uncertain World Monica J. Casper and Barbara A. Barnes notes references List of Contributors Index