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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lerner, Steve.     Subjects     Environmental toxicology -- United States -- Case studies.     Chemical spills -- Health aspects -- United States -- Case studies.     Hazardous substances -- Health aspects -- United States -- Case studies.     Hazardous waste sites -- United States -- Case studies.     Pollution -- United States -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lerner, Steve.       by title:      Sacrifice zones : th...         MARC Display

Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States / Steve Lerner ; foreword by Phil Brown. by Lerner, Steve. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010. Subjects Environmental toxicology -- United States -- Case studies.   Chemical spills -- Health aspects -- United States -- Case studies.   Hazardous substances -- Health aspects -- United States -- Case studies.   Hazardous waste sites -- United States -- Case studies.   Pollution -- United States -- Case studies. ISBN:  9780262014403 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0262014408 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xiv, 346 p. ; 24 cm. Contents:  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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.73842 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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