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Deborah Blum
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Deborah Blum is an American science journalist and author whose work covers scientific research, ethical conflicts, and the history of forensic toxicology.
Biography
Deborah Leigh Blum, born October 19, 1954, is an American science journalist and director of the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her books include The Poisoner's Handbook (2010) and The Poison Squad (2018). She has also written columns for The New York Times and the Elemental blog for Wired.
As a science writer for the Sacramento Bee, Blum examined conflicts between researchers who use animals and activists who oppose animal research. Her series, "The Monkey Wars," explored the professional, ethical, and emotional dimensions of those disputes and won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.
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Books by Deborah Blum
The poisoner's handbook
The Poisoner's Handbook follows chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler as they investigate poisonings in Jazz Age New York City and develop experiments to detect poisons in human tissue. Their cases reveal toxic dangers arising from both deliberate crimes and modern life.