Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
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| Autore: |
Lerner Steve
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| Titolo: |
Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738420973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental toxicology - United States |
| Chemical spills - Health aspects - United States | |
| Hazardous substances - Health aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| Altri autori: |
BrownPhil
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| 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.: | 9910785154003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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