How Long to Read Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards

How Long Does it Take to Read Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards by L. Salter

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

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For a long time I would not eat strawberries. In 1977, a scandal broke about a testing laboratory having falsified the data that was used to register a large number of pesticides. The Canadian government, along with several others, began the process of re-evaluating both the procedures for testing and these specific chemicals. One chemical proved particularly controversial, the commonly-used pesticide named captan. In light of the controversy, which was manifest in a conflict between two government departments, in 1981, the Canadian government chose to appoint a special panel of experts to advise them. I was a member of this expert committee. The experience on the captan committee did little to reassure me, either about captan or about the way that decisions had been made about many pesticides in widespread use. Although it could not be demonstrated that captan was dangerous to people in the amounts to which they would likely be exposed, the animal studies provided the basis for concern. Prudence required at the very least that consumers take the precaution of washing their fruit, for captan is widely used on apples, cherries and berry fruits. Captan residues wash off apples relatively easily; they are less easily removed from berry fruits, such as straw berries.

How long is Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards?

Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards by L. Salter is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards aloud.

What Reading Level is Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards?

Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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