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• Title: Drowning in Data: Monitoring the Chemical Content of the Air Near Chemical Plants Provides Valuable Data, But It Becomes Useful Only when It Is Paired with Epidemiological Data About the Local Population (New VOICES, NEW APPROACHES)
• Author : Issues in Science and Technology
• Release Date : January 22, 2011
• Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 253 KB

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I was at the most undignified moment of moving into my new office--barefoot and on tiptoes on my desk, arranging books on a high shelf--when one of my fellow professors at the University of Washington-Bothell walked in to introduce himself. Pulling my shirt firmly over my waistband, I clambered down to shake his hand and exchange the vital information that begins academic acquaintanceships: Where had I come from? What kind of research did I do? I felt my shoulders tense, bracing for the question I knew was probably coming next. I explained that I studied communities living next to oil refineries, especially how residents and refinery experts make claims about the effects of chemical emissions on people's health. My colleague replied with what I'd been hoping he wouldn't: "But is it really the emissions from the refineries that are making those people sick?"

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