| Contents Notes |
Introduction -- The "Cranberry scare" of 1959 -- DDT, 1962 -- Cyclamates, 1969 --, DES in Beef, 1972 -- Nitrites, 1972 -- Red dye number 2, 1976 -- Saccharin, 1977 -- Hair Dyes, 1977 -- Tris, 1977 -- Love Canal, 1978 -- Three Mile Island, 19779 -- Asbestos in hair dryers, 1979 -- 2,4,5-T, 1979 -- Coffee and pancreatic cancer, 19081 -- Times Beach, 1982 -- EDB, 1983 -- Alar, 1989 -- Electric blankets, 1989 -- Video display terminals, 1989 -- Benzene in Perrier, 1990 -- Amalgam dental fillings, 1990 -- Asbestos in schools, 1993 -- Cellular phones, 1993 -- Perchloroethylene in a Harlem School, 1997 -- Vaccines and autism, 1990- -- Acrylamide, 2002" The Great Potato Chip Scare" -- PCBs in farmed salmon, 2003-4 -- Not-quite-great unfounded health scares -- Conclusions. |
