Genomics and Environmental Regulation

Richard R. Sharp is the director of bioethics research at the Cleveland Clinic. Gary E. Marchant is the Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies at Arizona State University, where he is also a professor of law and life sciences and the executive director of the Center for Law, Science, and Technology. Jamie A. Grodsky is an associate professor at the George Washington University Law School.

• PrefaceList of IntroductionsIntroduction: Environmental Policy in the Age of GenomicsPart I: Environmental Policy PerspectivesChapter 1. Toxicogenomics and Environmental RegulationChapter 2. Addressing Genomic Needs at the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChapter 3. Application of Genomics for Health and Environmental Safety of Chemicals: An Industry PerspectiveChapter 4. Toxicogenomics and the Public Interest: Technical and Sociopolitical ChallengesPart II: Legal PerspectivesChapter 5. Challenges in Applying Toxicogenomic Data in Federal Regulatory SettingsChapter 6. Genetic Data and Toxic Torts: Intimations of Statistical ReductionismChapter 7. Genomics and Environmental Justice: Some Preliminary ThoughtsChapter 8. Setting Air Quality Standards in the Postgenomic EraPart III: Occupational Health Perspectives Chapter 9. Genetics and Workplace IssuesChapter 10. Advances in Human Genome Epidemiology: Implications for Occupational Health and Disease PreventionChapter 11. Occupational Health and Discrimination Issues Raised by Toxicogenomics in the WorkplaceChapter 12. Genetic Susceptibility and Radiological Health and SafetyPart IV: Ethical and Philosophical PerspectivesChapter 13. Conceptual and Normative Dimensions of ToxicogenomicsChapter 14. Environmental Disease, Biomarkers, and the Precautionary PrincipleChapter 15. Rights and the Exceptionally VulnerableChapter 16. (Almost) Equal Protection for Genetically Susceptible Subpopulations: A Hybrid Regulatory-Compensation ProposalChapter 17. Protecting People in Spite of—or Thanks to—the "Veil of Ignorance"Appendix: Executive Summary of National Research Council Report, Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk AssessmentIndex

The authors must be complemented for having addressed an exceedingly complex subject and have gathered a wealth of information in one volume. -- A. Alan Moghissi Potomac Institute for Policy Studies 2009 A canonical compilation of fundamental issues of this topic by leaders in the field... Timely work. Environmental Health Perspectives 2009 The breadth of material supported by real-world scenarios makes this an excellent resource for students of law or the sciences interested in the intersection of these fields. Choice 2009