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Autore: | Lerner Steve |
Titolo: | Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States / / Steve Lerner ; foreword by Phil Brown |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2010 |
©2010 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) |
Disciplina: | 363.738/420973 |
Soggetto topico: | Environmental toxicology - United States |
Chemical spills - Health aspects - United States | |
Hazardous substances - Health aspects - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | BrownPhil |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sacrifice zones |
ISBN: | 0-262-28874-5 |
0-262-28958-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459236103321 |
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