Markowitz Gerald
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, United States.
Endeavour. 2016 Jun;40(2):93-101. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2016.03.006. Epub 2016 Apr 18.
A hidden epidemic is poisoning our planet and its people. The toxins are in the air we breathe and in the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture has it within them. We cannot escape as it is so indispensable in our cars. It is ubiquitous in cities and the countryside. It afflicts rich and poor, young and old. But this testing of chemicals on human beings is not new. For most of the twentieth century lead was tested on children and it produced one of the largest and longest running epidemics in the history of United States. This article examines that history.
一场隐匿的流行病正在毒害我们的星球及其居民。毒素存在于我们呼吸的空气中、饮用的水中、房屋的墙壁里以及家具之中。我们无法逃避，因为它在我们的汽车里也必不可少。它在城市和乡村无处不在。它折磨着富人与穷人、年轻人与老年人。但这种对人类进行化学物质测试的情况并不新鲜。在20世纪的大部分时间里，铅都在儿童身上进行了测试，这在美国历史上引发了规模最大、持续时间最长的流行病之一。本文将审视这段历史。
