When Food Kills: BSE, E.coli and disaster science by T. Hugh Pennington (English

Description: When Food Kills by T. Hugh Pennington Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Ever since Edwina Curries salmonella, Britain has seemed cursed by major food safety scares, with E.coli and BSE particularly prominent. Hugh Pennington has written this book as an account of these diseases and the events surrounding them. Publisher Description The food scare concept took on new meaning in 1996, which opened with variant CJD emerging as the human form of BSE, and closed with Britains worst E.coli O157 outbreak in central Scotland. As people died, so did trust in government and science. This book tells the story of these events, what led up to them, and what has happened since. It breaks new ground by dissecting these tragedies alongside catastrophes like Aberfan, Piper Alpha, Chernobyl, and the worstever railway accidents in Ireland and Britain (Armagh and Quintinshill), as well as classical outbreaks of botulism, typhoid, E.coli O157 and Salmonella food poisoning. Britains ability to win Nobelprizes marches with a propensity to have disasters. The book explains why, demonstrating failures in policy making, failures in the application of science, and failing inspectorates. A unique feature of this book is its breadth since it covers history, politics and law as well as science. It also makes some fascinating connections, like those between 1930s nuclear physics, E.coli, and molecular biology, and the links between manslaughter in 19th century mental hospitals,syphilis, the Nobel Prize, and the prospects for successfully treating variant CJD. Royal murderers, vaccine research in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and the race to develop the atom bomb appear aswell. For the general reader its non-technical but authoritative account of the science behind these tragedies, its critical appraisal of how the government responded to them, its coverage of public inquiries and its analysis of risk will be informative and stimulating. Scientists will find its approach to the prion theory and the origins of BSE challenging and controversial. Policy makers will find not only diagnoses of what went wrong in the past, but remedies ror thefuture. Author Biography Professor T.H. Pennington is Head of Department of Medical Microbiology, and a frequent commentator on radio and television where his opinion is sought on a wide range of infectious diseases ranging from necrotising fasciitis (the infamous and much-hyped flesh eating bacteria) to smallpox. His particular expertise lies in the science of food poisoning and the links between science, policy and the media.He is perhaps best known for the Pennington Group Report, on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli O157 in Central Scotland. Pennington led the independent inquiry that was set up at the time, amidst a blaze of publicity. Details ISBN 0198525176 ISBN-13 9780198525172 Title When Food Kills Author T. Hugh Pennington Format Hardcover Year 2003 Pages 240 Edition 1st Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:137006421; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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