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200 14$aThe polluters$b[electronic resource] $ethe making of our chemically altered environment /$fBenjamin Ross, Steven Amter
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (234 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-993096-1 
311   $a0-19-973995-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; CHAPTER 1 The Sorcerer's Apprentices; PART I: Summoning the Spirits; PART II: Fetching a Flood; PART III: Holding Back the Deluge; Key to Archival Citations; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index
330   $aBenjamin Ross and Steven Amter here tell the story of how the chemical industry, abetted by a compliant government, set loose a plague of pollution that began in the years before and directly following World War II, a plague that still lingers today. The advent of new synthetic chemical products such as Nylon and DDT created new hazards just as the expansion and mechanization of industry exacerbated old ones. Environmental dangers well known today--smog, pesticides, lead, chlorinated solvents, asbestos, and even global warming--were already recognized in that era by chemists, engineers, doctor
606   $aChemical industry$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States
606   $aPollution$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States
606   $aPollutants
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