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Title: Samuel S. Epstein Papers Creator: Epstein, Samuel S. Dates: 1933-2007Extent: 23.75 linear feet (19 boxes) Abstract:Samuel S. Epstein devoted his career to the study and identification of
carcinogenic mechanisms in industrial pollutants, pesticides, cosmetics, food, as well as the entire range of environmental contaminants. He used his knowledge and experience to warn the public of risk, to advocate for regulation, to encourage cancer prevention measures, and to serve as an expert witness on the public's behalf on issues of toxic contamination and disease. standard view | full text
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• ...d his knowledge and experience to warn the public of risk, to advocate for regulation, to encourage cancer prevention measures, and to serve as an expert witness on the public's behalf on issues of to ...
Biography
• ...d his knowledge and experience to warn the public of risk, to advocate for regulation, to encourage cancer prevention measures, and to serve as an expert witness on the public's behalf in issues of to ...
• ...cal medicine and pathology. Beginning in 1961, he spent the next decade in Boston at the Children's Cancer Research Foundation and Harvard Medical School leading laboratories studying carcinogenesis a ...
• ... cosmetics, milk, and meat. Related to these issues, Dr. Epstein concluded in numerous volumes that cancer societies and government cancer research institutions misdirected their efforts towards devel ...
• ...ted to these issues, Dr. Epstein concluded in numerous volumes that cancer societies and government cancer research institutions misdirected their efforts towards developing cures rather than addressi ...
• ...of prevention. He participated in the founding of the Environmental Mutagen Society in 1969 and the Cancer Prevention Coalition in 1994, and served as the president of the Society for Occupational and ...
Contents List
Series 2: Organizations,
1967-2007
series
Cancer Prevention Coalition
subseries • ... 1969: : Cancer Prevention Coalition : 1 ... • ... 1 13 Stop Cancer Before It Starts campaign, 2003: ...
Series 3: Toxic Substances Subject Files,
1933-2005
series
Malathion
subseries • ... 1 35 Media (articles re cancer), 1981-1991: : ...
Medical Conditions
subseries • ... 19 11 Colon Cancer, 1975-1985: : ...
Respiratory Cancer
subseries • ...-1988: : Respiratory Cancer : 19 24 ... • ... 19 24 Arsenic lung cancer, 1961-1980: : ... • ...19 25 Larynx cancer, 1980-1987: : ... • ... 19 26 Naso-sinal cancer, 1973-1980: : ...
Series 5: Toxic Substance Litigation,
1974-2000
series
• ... 5 12 Litigating cancer claims, 1983: : ... • ... 6 3 Community cancer - Capurro v. Galaxy, 1974-1977: ...
Series 6: Lectures, Meetings and Interviews,
1972-2003
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• ... 10 28 Cancer Prevention meetings, Belgium, 1984: ... • ... 11 3 Breast cancer, Greenpeace, 1992-1993: : ... • ... 5 Women's Environment and Development Organization - breast cancer hearing, New York, 1993-2001: : ... • ...1991: : 14 "Cancer wars" debate with American Cancer Society on Good Morning America (ABC) [videocassette], ... • ... 14 "Cancer wars" debate with American Cancer Society on Good Morning America (ABC) [videocassette], ... • ... 14 "Losing the war against cancer: who's responsible and what to do about it" - program 11 of "Healing the Earth" [2 videocasse ... • ... : 14 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month on CLTV Chicago [videocassette], Oct ... • ... 14 "Estrogen and breast cancer" on Chicago Tonight [videocassette], January 20, 199 ... • ... : 15 "Stop cancer before it starts" [videocassette], August 30, 2003 ... • ... : 15 "Childhood cancer" on Network News Source [3 videocassettes], June 17, ... • ... : 15 "The war on cancer" on Peoples Pharmacy, WUNC Radio, Durham, NC [2 audiocassettes], ... • ...1982: : 15 "Cancer" on Hightower Radio [audiocassette], October 9, 1993 ... • ... 15 "Losing the war against cancer - who's responsible and what to do about it" - Annual Norman E. Clark St. Lecture [audiocasse ... • ... 15 "Avoidable causes of cancer" [audiocassette], 1996: : ...
Series 7: Writings,
1957-2006
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Articles by Samuel S. Epstein
subseries • ... 12 8 "Evaluation of the National Cancer Program and proposed reforms" (1998), 1998 ...
Books by Samuel S. Epstein
subseries • ... 12 14 The politics of cancer [Japanese edition], 1978: : ... • ... 12 15 The politics of cancer [revised edition], 1979: : ... • ... 13 2 The politics of cancer revisited, 1998: : ... • ... 13 5 Cancer gate - how to win the losing cancer war, 2005 ... • ...3 5 Cancer gate - how to win the losing cancer war, 2005: : ... • ... 13 7 Shopper beware - how to avoid cancer and other toxic effects from cosmetics and personal care products, ... • ... 9 Adventures of a physician in occupational cancer - Wilhelm Hueper, 1976: : ... |
