Sacrifice zones the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States
The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.
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Cambridge, MA
MIT Press
2012
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| Edition: | 1st MIT Press paperback ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Sacrifice zones |b the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States |c Steve Lerner; foreword by Phil Brown |
| 250 | |a 1st MIT Press paperback ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Cambridge, MA |b MIT Press |c 2012 | ||
| 300 | |a [xv], 346 p. |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | |a 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 by multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion. | ||
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