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University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2013 by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Markowitz, Gerald E.

Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of

America’s children / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner.

p. cm.(California/Milbank books on health and the public; 24 )

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27325-2 (cloth : alk. paper) :

eISBN 9780520954953

1. Lead Poisoning—history—United States. 2. Child—United States. 3. Environmental Exposure—United States. 4. History, 20th Century—United States. 5. Politics—United States. 6. Public Health—history—United States.

QV 11 AA12013

363.738/492— dc23

2012042916

Manufactured in the United States of America

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