Background
Mazur, Allan Carl was born on March 20, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Esther (Markowitz) Mazur.
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A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal
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Love Canal. We hear these words and quickly recoil, remembering a community poisoned by toxic waste. Twenty years after the incident, Allan Mazur reexamines the circumstances that made this upstate New York neighborhood synonymous with ecological catastrophe and triggered federal "Superfund" legislation to clean up the nation's thousands of hazardous waste sites. But is there only one true story of Love Canal? Borrowing the multi-viewpoint technique of the classic Japanese film Rashomon, Mazur's book reveals that there are many--often conflicting versions of what occurred at Love Canal. Hooker Chemical Company, which deposited the toxic wastes, explains why it subsequently donated the dump as the site for a new school. Lois Gibbs, whose son attended the school, tells of organizing the community to fight both the chemical threat and the uncaring state bureaucracy. Then there is the story of David Axelrod, New York's embattled commissioner of health, at odds with the homeowners over their assessment of the hazards and the proper extent of the state's response. We also hear from Michael Brown, the young reporter who developed the story in the Niagara Gazette and eventually brought the problem of toxic waste to national attention. If A Hazardous Inquiry succeeded only in making us understand why one version of the events at Love Canal gained precedence over all others, it would be invaluable to policy makers, journalists, scientists, environmentalists, lawyers, and to citizens caught up in technical controversies that get played out (for better or worse) in the public arena. But the book moves beyond that to evaluate and reconcile the conflicting accounts of Love Canal, giving us a fuller, if more complex, picture than ever before. Through gripping personal tales, A Hazardous Inquiry tells how politics and journalism and epidemiology sometimes mesh, but often clash, when confronting a potential community disaster.
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Dynamics of Technical Controversy
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Global Social Problems by Mazur, Allan (2007) Paperback
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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference
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This short, engaging volume develops new and sociologically sophisticated concepts to bring the fields of biology and sociology together. It is about the social biology of face-to-face dominance interactions and explores the evolution of behavior through connections among biology, language, culture, and socialization. Meant to be a self-contained exploration_sociologists would require no prior knowledge of biology; biologists would require no prior knowledge of sociology_this book is a fun, informative supplement for courses throughout sociology and the social sciences.
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(A Hazardous Inquiry: Rashomon Effect at Love Canal ) Author: Allan Mazur May-1998
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A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal: 1st (First) Edition
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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference by Mazur, Allan (2005) Paperback
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True Warnings and False Alarms: "Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971"
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Given time, scientists reach consensus about the truth or falsity of a wide range of alleged hazards. Today, there is broad agreement that CFCs destroy stratospheric ozone. On the other hand, research does not support claims that electromagnetic fields from transmission lines cause a noticeable increase of leukemia. But new allegations continuously arise. Are manufactured chemicals in the environment distorting normal hormonal processes in our bodies? Are genetically modified foods a cause for concern? Addressing one of the most vexing problems in risk policy, Allan Mazur asks how we can tell, at an early stage, how seriously we should take a new warning. To identify hallmarks that could help predict the truth or falsity of an alleged hazard, Mazur analyzes 31 health warnings raised during the 1950s and 1960s about diverse technologies, including fluoridation, DDT, cyclamate, nuclear weapons testing, and birth control pills. Among his considerations are the initial source of an alarm, the biases held by its primary 'sponsors,' and the type of media coverage it receives. With 30 to 50 years of hindsight, he identifies characteristics - apparent from the outset of a controversy - that most effectively distinguish true warnings from false alarms. Early recognition and a timely response to a genuine hazard are important to protect our environment, health, and economic well-being. But if we act quickly and a warning turns out to be false, money is wasted, people are needlessly frightened, regulators lose credibility, and our ability to appropriately handle the next set of risks is compromised. Mazur's findings do not provide certainty about which of today's warnings will prove true and which will prove false. But they do help us to make informed judgments about where it is best and most reasonable to direct our worries and resources.
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A Romance in Natural History: The Lives and Works of Amadeus Grabau and Mary Antin
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Global Social Problems
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While conventional social problems textbooks focus on issues in the United States, Global Social Problems examines major problems around the world. Beginning with a broad history of how humanity came to be divided along its present major social cleavages, the text then turns to the specific problems of war, social inequality, population, and resources and environment. It is intended as a core reading for a class on global social problems including war, inequality, population, and resources and environment.
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Biology & Social Behavior
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A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal by Mazur, Allan (1998) Hardcover
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Allan Carl Mazur
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Bachelor of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1961. Master of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1969.
Career
Research engineer, North American Aviation Company, Los Angeles, 1961-1964; instructor political science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1966-1967; operations research analyst, Lockheed Missile & Space Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1967-1968; assistant professor sociology, Stanford University, 1968-1971; member of faculty, Syracuse University, New York, since 1971; professor public affairs, Syracuse University, since 1992.
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Global Social Problems
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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference
(This short, engaging volume develops new and sociological...)
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True Warnings and False Alarms: "Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971"
(Given time, scientists reach consensus about the truth or...)
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A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal
( Love Canal. We hear these words and quickly recoil, re...)
- True Warnings and False Alarms: Evaluating Fears About the Health Risks of Techn
- Dynamics of Technical Controversy
- Global Social Problems by Mazur, Allan (2007) Paperback
- (A Hazardous Inquiry: Rashomon Effect at Love Canal ) Author: Allan Mazur May-1998
- A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal: 1st (First) Edition
- Biosociology of Dominance and Deference by Mazur, Allan (2005) Paperback
- A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal by Mazur, Allan(May 1, 1998) Hardcover
- A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal by Allan Mazur (1998-05-01)
- A Romance in Natural History: The Lives and Works of Amadeus Grabau and Mary Antin
- Biology & Social Behavior
- A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal by Mazur, Allan (1998) Hardcover
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Global Social Problems
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Connections
Married Minnette Albrecht, January 21, 1968. Children— Julie Elizabeth, Rachel Lee.
