The polluters: the making of our chemically altered environment
Ross, Benjamin
Amter, Steven
The Polluters brings to light a previously untold story of personal struggle,scientific conflict, and political intrigue over the environment. Research was slanted, unwelcome discoveries were suppressed, and political strings were pulled as the expanding chemical industry set loose a flood of environmental damage that still engulfs us. INDICE: 1.: The Sorcerer's Apprentices ; Part I - Summoning the Spirits; 2.: Pollution Goes to Washington; 3.: The Rise of the Chemical Industry; 4.: Royd Sayers' Service Bureau; Part II - Fetching a Flood ; 5.: The Miracle Bug-Killer; 6.: Wilhelm Hueper and Environmental Cancer; 7.: - Bad Air in Los Angeles; 8.: Donora's Strangler Smog; 9.: A New Deal for Clean Water; 10.: Deregulating California's Water; 11.: The Stealth Pollutants; Part III - Holding Back the Deluge ; 12.: DuPont Tries to Clean Up; 13.: The Industry Responds; 14.: From Donora to Love Canal; 15.: Epilogue: Convenient Hopes and Inconvenient Truths
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973995-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés