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Article: Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning/Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution
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- Nursing History Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning By Christian Warren (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) (384 pages; $25 paper)
Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution By Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002) (408 pages; $45 cloth; $19.95 paper)
Both Brush with Death and Deceit ami Denial ate solid reads on a topic that should not be taken lightly-lead poisoning in America. Although the "epidemic" appeared to reach its peak between the 1950s and 1970s, the consequences of lead production and use are still in existence. Warren's approach is matter of fact; Markowitz and Rosner's work has been described as a ...