LEADER 03610oam 2200625M 450 001 9910785154003321 005 20190503073431.0 010 $a0-262-28874-5 010 $a0-262-28958-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044740 035 $a(MH)012654676-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000519755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12187894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10497924 035 $a(PQKB)10844763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4660573 035 $a(OCoLC)957700490 035 $a(OCoLC-P)957700490 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4660573 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11252753 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044740 100 $a20160917d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSacrifice Zones $ethe Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cThe MIT Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-51817-1 311 $a0-262-01440-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThe stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns. 606 $aEnvironmental toxicology$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aChemical spills$xHealth aspects$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aHazardous substances$xHealth aspects$zUnited States$vCase studies 610 $aENVIRONMENT/General 615 0$aEnvironmental toxicology 615 0$aChemical spills$xHealth aspects 615 0$aHazardous substances$xHealth aspects 676 $a363.738420973 700 $aLerner$b Steve$01527146 701 $aBrown$b Phil$01509693 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785154003321 996 $aSacrifice Zones$93769701 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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