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100 1  Lerner, Steve. 
245 10 Sacrifice zones :|bthe front lines of toxic chemical 
       exposure in the United States /|cSteve Lerner ; foreword 
       by Phil Brown. 
264  1 Cambridge, Mass. :|bMIT Press,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    [xv], 346 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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 y multiple sources of pollution -
       - Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster
       near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion.
650  0 Environmental toxicology|zUnited States|vCase studies. 
650  0 Chemical spills|xHealth aspects|zUnited States|vCase 
       studies. 
650  0 Hazardous substances|xHealth aspects|zUnited States|vCase 
       studies. 
650  0 Hazardous waste sites|zUnited States|vCase studies. 
650  0 Pollution|zUnited States|vCase studies. 
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