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- Title Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology
- Author Geoffrey Kabat
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780231141482 / 0231141483
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.58 x 0.9 in (23.57 x 16.71 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Epidemiology, Environmental health
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008007285
- Dewey Decimal Code 615.902
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New. The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives, but many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public concerning which exposures have important effects on health and which are likely to have minimal or no effect. Kabat approaches health scares as "social facts" and shows that a variety of factors can contribute to the inflating of a hazard. These include skewed reporting by the media, but also, surprisingly, the actions of researchers who may emphasize certain findings while ignoring others; regulatory and health agencies eager to show their responsiveness to the health concerns of the public; and politicians and advocates with a stake in a particular outcome. By means of four case studies, Kabat demonstrates how a powerful confluence of interests can…
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