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Author Cone, Marla.

Title Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic / Marla Cone.

Publication Info. New York : Grove Press, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  363.7384 CON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.738 C75    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  363.7384 CON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  363.7384 CONE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.738 CO    Check Shelf
Description ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Contents A moral compass in a vast, lonely land -- I: The arctic paradox -- Blowing in the wind: a contaminant's long journey north -- Unexpected poisons: serendipity at the top of the world -- The world's unfortunate laboratory -- Plight of the ice bear: top of the world, top of the food web -- Ties that bind in Greenland -- A fish can't feed a village: Alaska's communal hunts -- II: Scientists seeking order out of chaos -- Fear is toxic, too: communicating risk to Canada's inuit -- Into the brains of babes: searching for clues in Faroese children -- Beyond silent spring: a global assault on sex hormones and immune systems -- The Arctic in flux: global conspirators and the whims of climate -- Islands of sudden change: the evolution of the Aleutians -- III: Solutions and predictions -- The diagnosis: scientists write a prescription -- POPs and politics: taking the first step toward a solution -- The chain of evil continues unbroken: the Arctic's new toxic legacies -- Survival of the fittest: walking in the inuits footsteps.
Subject Pollution -- Arctic regions.
Pollution -- Arctic regions.
ISBN 080211797X
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