Science, Politics, and Power in the "Discovery" of Byssinosis in the U.S
by
Charles Levenstein, Gregory F. Delaurier, Mary Lee Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
"The Cotton Dust Papers" is the story of the 50-year struggle for recognition in the U.S. of this pernicious occupational disease. The authors contend that byssinosis could have and should have been recognized much sooner, as a great deal was known about the disease as early as the 1930s. Using mostly...