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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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