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Sacrifice Zones : The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (363 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262289580
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacrifice ZonesDDC classification:
  • 363.738/420973
LOC classification:
  • RA1226 .L47 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Partial Victories -- 1 Ocala, Florida -- 2 Pensacola, Florida: -- II Contaminated Air -- 3 Port Arthur, Texas -- 4 Corpus Christi, Texas -- 5 Addyston, Ohio -- 6 Marietta, Ohio -- III Contaminated Water -- 7 Tallevast, Florida -- 8 San Antonio, Texas -- IV Contaminated Soil -- 9 Daly City, California -- 10 St. Lawrence Island, Alaska -- 11 Greenpoint, New York -- V An Ongoing Puzzle -- 12 Fallon, Nevada -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Partial Victories -- 1 Ocala, Florida -- 2 Pensacola, Florida: -- II Contaminated Air -- 3 Port Arthur, Texas -- 4 Corpus Christi, Texas -- 5 Addyston, Ohio -- 6 Marietta, Ohio -- III Contaminated Water -- 7 Tallevast, Florida -- 8 San Antonio, Texas -- IV Contaminated Soil -- 9 Daly City, California -- 10 St. Lawrence Island, Alaska -- 11 Greenpoint, New York -- V An Ongoing Puzzle -- 12 Fallon, Nevada -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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