03610oam 2200625M 450 991078515400332120190503073431.00-262-28874-50-262-28958-X(CKB)2670000000044740(MH)012654676-2(SSID)ssj0000519755(PQKBManifestationID)12187894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519755(PQKBWorkID)10497924(PQKB)10844763(MiAaPQ)EBC4660573(OCoLC)957700490(OCoLC-P)957700490(MaCbMITP)8157(Au-PeEL)EBL4660573(CaPaEBR)ebr11252753(EXLCZ)99267000000004474020160917d2012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSacrifice Zones the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United StatesCambridge, Mass. The MIT Press20121 online resource (xiv, 346 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-51817-1 0-262-01440-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory -- Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation -- Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants -- Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery -- Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door -- Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air -- Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company -- San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community -- Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil -- St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases -- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood -- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused y multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion.The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.Environmental toxicologyUnited StatesCase studiesChemical spillsHealth aspectsUnited StatesCase studiesHazardous substancesHealth aspectsUnited StatesCase studiesENVIRONMENT/GeneralEnvironmental toxicologyChemical spillsHealth aspectsHazardous substancesHealth aspects363.738420973Lerner Steve1527146Brown Phil1509693OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910785154003321Sacrifice Zones3769701UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress