LEADER 05390nam 22006374a 450 001 9910784363103321 005 20230120004407.0 010 $a1-280-64260-2 010 $a9786610642601 010 $a0-08-045796-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000349892 035 $a(EBL)270104 035 $a(OCoLC)476001574 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000217839 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217839 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212424 035 $a(PQKB)10286459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270104 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10138743 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL64260 035 $a(OCoLC)437172688 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000349892 100 $a20050823d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParadigms lost$b[electronic resource] $elearning from environmental mistakes, mishaps, and misdeeds /$fDaniel A. Vallero 210 $aBoston $cButterworth-Heinemann$dc 2006 215 $a1 online resource (595 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7506-7888-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable of Contents; Preface and Introduction; Structure and Emphasis; Quality Control; Acknowledgments; Notes and Commentary; Part I: New Science and New Paradigms; CHAPTER 1: Lessons Learned: A Case Approach to Environmental Problems; MTBE and Cross-Media Transfer; The Incremental Effect; Failure and Blame; A Lesson from the Medical Community; Professional Accountability; Villain and Victim Status; Other Lessons: Risk and Reliability; Environmental Ethics and a New Environmental Ethic; Sensitivity; Notes and Commentary; CHAPTER 2: Pollution Revisited; DDT versus Eco-Colonialism: Trading Risks 327 $aReliabilityCharacterizing Pollutants; Partitioning to Solids-Sorption; Partitioning to the Liquid Phase-Dissolution; Partitioning to the Gas Phase-Volatilization; Solubility as a Physical and Chemical Phenomenon; Partitioning to Organic Tissue; Emissions, Effluents, Releases, Leaks, and Spills; Notes and Commentary; Part II: Key Environmental Events by Media; Fluids in the Environment: A Brief Introduction; Three Major Media; CHAPTER 3: Something in the Air; London Air Pollution and the Industrial Revolution; Contaminants of Concern: Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds 327 $aNotorious Air Pollution Cases of the Twentieth CenturyThe Meuse Valley Acid Fog; Contaminants of Concern: Particulate Matter; Donora, Pennsylvania; Poza Rica, Mexico; Contaminant of Concern: Hydrogen Sulfide; London, England; New York City; Toxic Clouds; The Bhopal Tragedy; Preparing for Intentional Toxic Clouds; Airshed in the Developing World: Mexico City; Lessons Learned; Contaminant of Concern: Photochemical Oxidant Smog; Notes and Commentary; CHAPTER 4: Watershed Events; The Death of Lake Erie: The Price of Progress?; Eutrophication; Cuyahoga River Fire 327 $aLesson Learned: The Need for Regional Environmental PlanningSpills: Immediate Problem with Long-Term Consequences; Solubility; Torrey Canyon Tanker Spill; Santa Barbara Oil Spill; Exxon Valdez Spill: Disaster Experienced and Disaster Avoided; Prestige Oil Spill; Lessons Learned: Two-Edged Swords; Pfiesteria piscicida: Nature Out of Sync; Lesson Being Learned; Notes and Commentary; CHAPTER 5: Landmark Cases; Love Canal, New York; Hazardous Waste Cleanup; A Fire That Sparked Controversy: Chester, Pennsylvania; Dioxin Contamination of Times Beach; A Terrifying Discovery: Valley of the Drums 327 $aStringfellow Acid PitsThe March Continues; Lessons Learned; Failure to Grasp the Land Ethic; Disasters: Real and Perceived; "Cancer Alley" and Vinyl Chloride; Bioaccumulation and Its Influence on Risk; The Kepone Tragedy; Biological Response; Organic versus Inorganic Toxicants; Pesticides and Sterility; Jersey City Chromium; Radioisotopes; Radiation Poisoning in Goiania, Brazil; Factors of Safety; Small Numbers and Rare Events; Exposure Estimation; Risk-Based Cleanup Standards; The Drake Chemical Company Superfund Site: A Risk-Based Case; Risk Assessment: The First Step; Notes and Commentary 327 $aCHAPTER 6: By Way of Introduction 330 $aEngineers and scientists have made great progress in advancing the understanding of the principles underlying environmental quality and public health. However, all too often, society and the scientific community do not realize the connections between environmental occurrences. In their haste to remedy a situation, they overlook lessons that could be learned to prevent future disasters. Paying attention to the past instructs us about the future. Paradigms Lost combines the historical case perspective with credible and sound scientific explanations of key environmental disaster 606 $aEnvironmental education$xHistory 606 $aCumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment) 615 0$aEnvironmental education$xHistory. 615 0$aCumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment) 676 $a363.7 700 $aVallero$b Daniel A$0312864 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784363103321 996 $aParadigms lost$91213447 997 $aUNINA