This work aims to examine the US government's handling of threats to public health, and to assess its capacity to respond effectively. The national government's role as investigator, educator, regulator, researcher and funder for health problems is analyzed.
This work aims to examine the US government's handling of threats to public health, and to assess its capacity to respond effectively. The national go...
Are we environmentally victimizing, perhaps even poisoning, our minority and low-income citizens? Proponents of "environmental justice" assert that environmental decisionmaking pays insufficient heed to the interests of those citizens, disproportionately burdens their neighborhoods with hazardous toxins, and perpetuates an insidious "environmental racism." In the first book-length critique of environmental justice advocacy, Christopher Foreman argues that it has cleared significant political hurdles but displays substantial limitations and drawbacks. Activism has yielded a presidential...
Are we environmentally victimizing, perhaps even poisoning, our minority and low-income citizens? Proponents of "environmental justice" assert that...
