Book Review:
Richard A. Merrill, The Regulation of Toxic Chemicals (reviewing Marshall S. Shapo’s A Nation of Guinea Pigs), 58 TEXAS L. REV. 463 (1980).
 

Abstract:
Prof. Shapo’s thoughtful book deals with one of the most controversial tasks of government, which is the control of chronic health hazards posed by chemical technology. The focus of Shapo’s discussion is the law’s response to the human health hazards presented by chemical technology, specifically on “slumbering” hazards, or those which materialize, if at all, only years after exposure to a chemical, thus making it difficult to surmise, much less prove, a causal connection with an individual’s injury. Shapo argues convincingly that these hazards do not respond to the controls exerted by the tort system.