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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Table of 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 by multiple sources of pollution
- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter
- Conclusion.