03707nam 22009135 450 991095787500332120240307115838.09786613380951978128338095912833809519780230339538023033953010.1057/9780230339538(CKB)2670000000132265(EBL)832233(OCoLC)769138041(SSID)ssj0000570760(PQKBManifestationID)11358029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000570760(PQKBWorkID)10610864(PQKB)11631702(DE-He213)978-0-230-33953-8(MiAaPQ)EBC832233(Perlego)3504055(EXLCZ)99267000000013226520151126d2011 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks Local and Global Environmental Struggles /by Francis O. Adeola1st ed. 2011.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2011.1 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349298211 1349298212 9780230118218 0230118216 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: Hazardous Wastes, Disasters and Health Risks * Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk * Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as Social Problem * Taxonomy of Hazardous Wastes * PART II: Electronic Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects * Electronic Waste: The Dark Side of High-Tech Revolution * Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Compounds * PART III: Contaminated Communities and Regulatory Responses * Communities Contaminated by Toxic Wastes and Industrial Disasters: Selected Cases * The Regulatory Frameworks * PART IV: Conclusion * Critical Environmental Justice Movement.The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations.Environmental sciencesSocial aspectsSocial structureEqualityEcologyPolitical sociologySociologyEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Social SciencesSocial StructureEnvironmental SciencesPolitical SociologySociologyEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental sciencesSocial aspects.Social structure.Equality.Ecology.Political sociology.Sociology.Environmental health.Environmental Social Sciences.Social Structure.Environmental Sciences.Political Sociology.Sociology.Environmental Health.363.72/87SOC040000SOC053000SOC026000bisacshAdeola Francis O.1956-1491840MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957875003321Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks4334928UNINA