The Polluters - The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Ross is President of the Washington consulting firm, Disposal Safety, Inc. He is both environmental scientist and commentator on current affairs, and has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the USEPA Science Advisory Board.Steven Amter is a Senior Environmental Scientist at Disposal Safety, Inc. who specializes in the history of pollution. Klappentext The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago. During the years before and just after World War II, discoveries like leaded gasoline and DDT came to market, creating new hazards even as the expansion and mechanization of industry exacerbated old ones. Dangers still felt today--smog, pesticides, lead, chromium, chlorinated solvents, asbestos, even global warming--were already recognized by chemists, engineers, doctors, and business managers of that era. A few courageous individuals spoke out without compromise, but still more ignored scientific truth in pursuit of money and prestige. Zusammenfassung An eye-opening account of chemical pollution in the United States, revealing that the dangers of many toxic hazards were understood--and covered up--for decades Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 - The Sorcerer's Apprentices Part I - Summoning the Spirits Chapter 2 - Pollution Goes to Washington Chapter 3 - The Rise of the Chemical Industry Chapter 4 - Royd Sayers' Service Bureau Part II - Fetching a Flood Chapter 5 - The Miracle Bug-Killer Chapter 6 - Wilhelm Hueper and Environmental Cancer Chapter 7 - Bad Air in Los Angeles Chapter 8 - Donora's Strangler Smog Chapter 9 - A New Deal for Clean Water Chapter 10 - Deregulating California's Water Chapter 11 - The Stealth Pollutants Part III - Holding Back the Deluge Chapter 12 - DuPont Tries to Clean Up Chapter 13 - The Industry Responds Chapter 14 - From Donora to Love Canal Chapter 15 - Epilogue: Convenient Hopes and Inconvenient Truths ...

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• Authors: Steven Amter, Steven (Senior Hydreologist Amter, Amter Steven, Benjamin Ross, Benjamin (President Ross, Benjamin/ Amter Ross, Ross Benjamin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199930968
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993096-8
• No. of pages: 223
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; History, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, The environment, chemistry, Pollution & threats to the environment, Science / Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution control, Pollution and threats to the environment, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Environmental