On the Bookshelf: Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
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Vaccine Update for Healthcare ProvidersDr. Offit’s latest book will be released by National Geographic Press on April 4, 2017. Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong discusses how scientific discoveries can be misused or mishandled to cause damage — sometimes with deadly consequences. Dr. Offit details seven examples:
Summarized at the end of each chapter and discussed in more detail in the book’s final chapter, “Learning from the Past,” Dr. Offit shares lessons from these stories. In addition, as he discusses each lesson, he applies it to modern day topics, including e-cigarettes, genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), and bis-phenyl A (BPA), among others.
Contributed by: Charlotte A. Moser, MS
Categories: Vaccine Update March 2017, On the Bookshelf
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