Journal article
Organochlorines and breast cancer: the uses of scientific evidence in claimsmaking
Abstract
This paper explores the role and utilization of scientific evidence concerning one of the potential adverse health impacts (breast cancer) of the use of chlorine through examining the aims of an environmental group, Greenpeace, and its opponents. Specifically, the paper identifies the claims of Greenpeace and the scientific evidence used to justify those claims in its (Thornton, 1993) report Chlorine, Human Health and the Environment: The …
Authors
Driedger SM; Eyles J
Journal
Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 52, No. 10, pp. 1589–1605
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2001
DOI
10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00271-9
ISSN
0277-9536