The history of poisons: toxic matters, scientific actors and socio-political processes, 19th-20th c.
Lead is as a perfectly identified poison, massively used by industry since late 18th century without being strongly threatened : it is the history of a legal poison, in modern France, in comparison with other industrialized countries. I will argue that scientific and medical knowledge is not a defence against industrial poisoning, which follows a specific grammar of social and political denial, building a regime of imperceptibility and shared compromise with the poison.
Date:
21 January 2019, 16:00
Venue:
History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Judith Rainhorn (Universite Paris-1 Pantheon-Sorbonne/Maison Française d'Oxford)
Organising department:
Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology
Organisers:
Professor Rob Iliffe (University of Oxford),
Dr Sloan Mahone (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
hsmt@history.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Belinda Clark
