LEADER 04814nam 22010455 450 001 9910817562803321 005 20230421041443.0 010 $a1-282-35595-3 010 $a9786612355950 010 $a0-520-92048-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520920484 035 $a(CKB)111063898765108 035 $a(EBL)470813 035 $a(OCoLC)609849881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000349188 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272976 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000349188 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10348620 035 $a(PQKB)11779185 035 $a(DE-B1597)518949 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520920484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470813 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111063898765108 100 $a20200424h19971997 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo Safe Place $eToxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action /$fPhil Brown, Edwin J. Mikkelsen 210 1$aBerkeley, CA :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[1997] 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-21248-7 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Tables and Maps --$tForeword --$tPreface (1997) --$tPreface (1990) --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Town in Turmoil: History and Significance of the Woburn Cluster --$t2. The Formation of an Organized Community --$t3. The Sickness Caused by "Corporate America": Effects of the Woburn Cluster --$t4. Taking Control: Popular Epidemiology --$t5. Making It Safe: Securing Future Health --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aToxic waste, contaminated water, cancer clusters-these phrases suggest deception and irresponsibility. But more significantly, they are watchwords for a growing struggle between communities, corporations, and government. In No Safe Place, sociologists, public policy professionals, and activists will learn how residents of Woburn, Massachusetts discovered a childhood leukemia cluster and eventually sued two corporate giants. Their story gives rise to questions important to any concerned citizen: What kind of government regulatory action can control pollution? Just how effective can the recent upsurge of popular participation in science and technology be? Phil Brown, a medical sociologist, and Edwin Mikkelsen, psychiatric consultant to the plaintiffs, look at the Woburn experience in light of similar cases, such as Love Canal, in order to show that toxic waste contamination reveals fundamental flaws in the corporate, governmental, and scientific spheres. The authors strike a humane, constructive note amidst chilling odds, advocating extensive lay involvement based on the Woburn model of civic action. Finally, they propose a safe policy for toxic wastes and governmental/corporate responsibility. Woburn, the authors predict, will become a code word for environmental struggles. 606 $aHazardous wastes$xEnvironmental aspects$xMassachusetts$xWoburn 606 $aLeukemia$xMassachusetts 606 $aLeukemia in children$xMassachusetts$xWoburn 606 $aLeukemia in children 610 $acancer clusters. 610 $acancer. 610 $acivic action. 610 $aconservation. 610 $acontaminated water. 610 $acontamination. 610 $acorporate responsibility. 610 $acorporations. 610 $adiseases. 610 $aenvironment regulations. 610 $aenvironmental impact. 610 $aflint. 610 $agroundwater. 610 $ahealth policy. 610 $ahealth. 610 $alegal system. 610 $aleukemia. 610 $alitigation. 610 $alove canal. 610 $amassachusetts. 610 $amedicine. 610 $anature. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $apollution. 610 $apopular science. 610 $apublic health. 610 $apublic policy. 610 $asafe water. 610 $ascience. 610 $asustainability. 610 $atoxic waste. 610 $awater politics. 610 $awater rights. 610 $awoburn. 615 0$aHazardous wastes$xEnvironmental aspects$xMassachusetts$xWoburn. 615 0$aLeukemia$xMassachusetts. 615 0$aLeukemia in children$xMassachusetts$xWoburn. 615 0$aLeukemia in children. 676 $a363.72875809744 676 $a618.92 676 $a618.9299419 700 $aBrown$b Phil$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01618667 702 $aMikkelsen$b Edwin J.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817562803321 996 $aNo Safe Place$93950500 997 $aUNINA