Neurotoxicants: emerging issues and policy options.
Neurotoxicants are increasingly seen as significant public health hazards, the resolution of which is influenced by science as well as economics, politics, and emotions. Three topical issues are presented to illustrate the application or abuse of scientific data in the political arena and to suggest appropriate responsibilities of scientists beyond the generation of data. The examples include regulation of occupation-related neurotoxic exposure, transfer of neurotoxic pollutants among environmental media, and export of neurotoxic hazards to Third World countries. These examples illustrate the variety of ways in which neurotoxicants impinge on policy questions--from international trade, through ecosystem effects, to personal occupational health and safety.
Hulebak
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National Research Council, Washington, DC 20418.
D003906:Developing Countries; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States