Cancer from Beef: DES, Federal Food Regulation, and Consumer Confidence - Hardcover

Alan I. Marcus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801847001 ISBN 13: 9780801847004

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Cancer from Beef uses the DES story to explore the intersection of institutional science, government rule making, and growing skepticism in popular attitudes toward both public protection and scientific authority. Marcus concludes that DES provides a case study in the attempt to control uncertainty in our lives when neither science nor government seem effective. The DES debate thus reflects a postmodern American accommodation with doubt, moral relativism, and the rueful calculus of cost and benefit.

About this title

About the Author

Alan I Marcus is professor of history and director of the Center for Historical Studies of Technology and Science at Iowa State University.

Review

"Fascinating and meticulously researched... Like a cold shower, the book is bracing and invigorating, giving the reader with an open mind a new understanding and perspective." -- Chicago Tribune

Edition details

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801847001
• ISBN 13: 9780801847004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256