Author:
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Category : Chemicals
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Toxic Substances Control Act
Exposed
Author: Schapiro. Mark
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603581952
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603581952
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Laying Waste
Author: Michael Brown
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 9780671453596
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Niagara Falls, N.Y., reporter uncovered the Love Canal toxic waste scandal in 1978, and now relates tales of thousands of chemical dumps that contaminate waters, soil and air in the United States.
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 9780671453596
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Niagara Falls, N.Y., reporter uncovered the Love Canal toxic waste scandal in 1978, and now relates tales of thousands of chemical dumps that contaminate waters, soil and air in the United States.
Toxic Chemicals in America [2 volumes]
Author: Kelly A. Tzoumis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440857539
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
This one-stop resource is ideal for understanding the extent to which toxic chemicals are used in U.S. industry and agriculture—impacting public health and the environment through everything from industrial solvents to children's toys. Every year, about 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals are generated and released by U.S. industries. Do these chemicals pose a potential health threat to American families, including vulnerable groups like children and the elderly? Is their manufacture and use adequately regulated to protect both human and environmental health? Is the Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, signed in June 2016 by President Barack Obama with bipartisan support, truly the first major overhaul of toxic chemical regulation in 40 years to put human health first, as its supporters asserted? Or is it a fatally flawed bill that does the bidding of industry by undermining strong state environmental and public health laws, as some detractors claim? This two-volume set addresses all of those questions. Moreover, it presents and examines arguments marshaled by business interests, community leaders, scientists, activists, and lawmakers alike. It thus provides users with the information they need to accurately assess the impacts—pro and con—that industrial chemicals are having in shaping the world in which we work, eat, drink, breathe, and play.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440857539
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
This one-stop resource is ideal for understanding the extent to which toxic chemicals are used in U.S. industry and agriculture—impacting public health and the environment through everything from industrial solvents to children's toys. Every year, about 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals are generated and released by U.S. industries. Do these chemicals pose a potential health threat to American families, including vulnerable groups like children and the elderly? Is their manufacture and use adequately regulated to protect both human and environmental health? Is the Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, signed in June 2016 by President Barack Obama with bipartisan support, truly the first major overhaul of toxic chemical regulation in 40 years to put human health first, as its supporters asserted? Or is it a fatally flawed bill that does the bidding of industry by undermining strong state environmental and public health laws, as some detractors claim? This two-volume set addresses all of those questions. Moreover, it presents and examines arguments marshaled by business interests, community leaders, scientists, activists, and lawmakers alike. It thus provides users with the information they need to accurately assess the impacts—pro and con—that industrial chemicals are having in shaping the world in which we work, eat, drink, breathe, and play.
Toxic Chemicals and Public Protection
Author: United States. Toxic Substances Strategy Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Sacrifice Zones
Author: Steve Lerner
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262518171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns. Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them reach a point at which they say “Enough is enough.” After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-related health problems, they start to take action—organizing, speaking up, documenting the effects of pollution on their neighborhoods. In Sacrifice Zones, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods “sacrifice zones.” And he argues that residents of these sacrifice zones, tainted with chemical pollutants, need additional regulatory protections. Sacrifice Zones goes beyond the disheartening statistics and gives us the voices of the residents themselves, offering compelling portraits of accidental activists who have become grassroots leaders in the struggle for environmental justice and details the successful tactics they have used on the fenceline with heavy industry.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262518171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns. Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them reach a point at which they say “Enough is enough.” After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-related health problems, they start to take action—organizing, speaking up, documenting the effects of pollution on their neighborhoods. In Sacrifice Zones, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods “sacrifice zones.” And he argues that residents of these sacrifice zones, tainted with chemical pollutants, need additional regulatory protections. Sacrifice Zones goes beyond the disheartening statistics and gives us the voices of the residents themselves, offering compelling portraits of accidental activists who have become grassroots leaders in the struggle for environmental justice and details the successful tactics they have used on the fenceline with heavy industry.
Toxic Chemicals in America
Author: Kelly Tzoumis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781440857553
Category : Environmental toxicology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This one-stop resource is ideal for understanding the extent to which toxic chemicals are used in American industry and agriculture-impacting public health and the environment through everything from industrial solvents to children's toys"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781440857553
Category : Environmental toxicology
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This one-stop resource is ideal for understanding the extent to which toxic chemicals are used in American industry and agriculture-impacting public health and the environment through everything from industrial solvents to children's toys"--
Toxicity Testing of Chemicals
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight
Publisher:
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Category : Toxicity testing
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Toxicity testing
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
America the Poisoned
Author: Lewis Regenstein
Publisher: Acropolis Books (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Documents toxic substances in use in our environment and discusses their effects on our enviroment.
Publisher: Acropolis Books (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Documents toxic substances in use in our environment and discusses their effects on our enviroment.
Issues Related to the Use Of, and Exposure To, Various Chemicals
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerospace industries
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerospace industries
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description