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(0)Harriet A Washington
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1400L
Physical Desc
x, 501 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of the medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without a hint of informed consent, a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It shows how...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country--cutting lives tragically short and needlessly burdening our health care system....
