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Legally poisoned how the law puts us at risk from toxicants by carl f cranor is an important book for anyone interested in the field of environmental sciences it puts into perspective the conflicts between toxic and hazardous waste production and disposal basic human health and far out of date environmental laws. Far too many suspected toxic hazards are unleashed every day that affect the development and function of our brain immune system reproductive organs or hormones but no public health law requires product testing of most chemical compounds before they enter the market. If products are deemed dangerous toxicants must be forcibly reduced or removed but only after harm has been done in this scientifically rigorous legal analysis carl cranor argues that just as pharmaceuticals and pesticides cannot be sold without pre market testing other chemical products should be subject to the same safety measures. Legally poisoned how the law puts us at risk from environmental toxicants carl cranor bears a legal and scientific burden of proof sufficiently strong to contamination by toxicants is the problem the law permits this the law can change it. Carl f cranor legally poisoned how the law puts us at risk from toxicants harvard university press 2011 315pp 3500 hbk isbn 9780674049703 reviewed by kristin shrader frechette university of notre dame all of us are awash in about 80000 industrial chemicals that are often toxic