While research and regulatory attention to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has
increased exponentially in recent years, data are uneven and incomplete about the scale …

This chapter began as a post on my Critical Polyamorist Blog, the platform on which I first
began exploring autoethnographically my experiences in consensual nonmonogamy …

I wish to argue, in this chapter, against the notion of space. Of all the terms we use to
describe the world we inhabit, it is the most abstract, the most empty, the most detached from …

Icons of Life tells the engrossing and provocative story of an early twentieth-century
undertaking, the Carnegie Institution of Washington's project to collect thousands of embryos …

Alternatives assessment and green chemistry share a common goal of supporting the
transition to safer, more sustainable chemicals, materials, and products. Yet the two fields …

The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists,
health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. Stakeholders in …

When biomedical knowledge and technology create the capacity for humans to avoid
disease and circumvent early death, sociological factors become more, not less important for …

General public concern over the effects of persistent chemicals began in the early 1960s.
Since then, significant scientific advances have increased our understanding of persistent …

The modern world can be described as a globalized risk society. It is characterized by
increasing complexity, unpredictable consequences of techno-scientific innovations and …

This article examines how ignorance can be produced by regulatory systems. Using the
case of contamination from per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), we identify patterns …