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Freeze, R. Allan.

Title The environmental pendulum : a quest for the truth about toxic chemicals, human health, and environmental protection / R. Allan Freeze.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	363.7384 F857E	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-309) and index.
Contents	Prologue: A Day at Smithville -- The Polarization of the Environment -- Blenders and Buicks: The Environmental Consequences of Our Engineered Way of Life -- Environmental Contamination: What Matters and What Doesn't -- The Unpleasant Truths about Waste Management -- The Unpleasant Truths about Remediation -- The Regulatory Quagmire -- The Environmental Game -- Solutions.
Summary	This is a scientific view of what toxic chemicals threaten our environment and our bodies, what risks are exaggerated, and what is being downplayed in the media (as revealed, for example, in A Civil Action).
Processing Action	Legacy 2017 UoY
Subject	Hazardous wastes -- Environmental aspects.
	Hazardous wastes -- Health aspects.
	Hazardous waste site remediation.
	Environmental Pollution. (DNLM)D004787
	Hazardous Waste. (DNLM)D006256
	Hazardous waste site remediation. (OCoLC)fst00952317
	Hazardous wastes -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00952465
	Hazardous wastes -- Health aspects. (OCoLC)fst00952472
ISBN	0520220463 (alk. paper)
	9780520220461 (alk. paper)
	0520220471 (alk. paper)
	9780520220478 (alk. paper)

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