The sorcerer's apprentices -- Pollution goes to Washington -- The rise of the chemical industry -- Royd Sayers' service bureau -- The miracle bug-killer -- Wilhelm Hueper and environmental cancer -- Bad air in Los Angeles -- Donora's strangler smog -- A new deal for clean water -- Deregulation California's water -- The stealth pollutants -- DuPont tries to clean up -- The industry responds -- From Donora to Love Canal -- Epilogue: convenient hopes and inconvenient truths.