Living with Lead - An Environmental History of Idaho's Coeur d'Alenes, 1885-2011

Explores and untangles the costs and benefits of a century of mining, milling, and smelting in the Coeur D'Alenes, a twenty-five mile portion of the Idaho panhandle. More than one hundred mines and mills spewed waste laced with lead and other heavy metals into the local waters and fouled the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho, endangering human health and leaving a legacy of environmental pollution.

About the author

Bradley D. Snow is assistant teaching professor at Montana State University.

Summary

Explores and untangles the costs and benefits of a century of mining, milling, and smelting in the Coeur D'Alenes, a twenty-five mile portion of the Idaho panhandle. More than one hundred mines and mills spewed waste laced with lead and other heavy metals into the local waters and fouled the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho, endangering human health and leaving a legacy of environmental pollution.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley D Snow, Bradley D. Snow, Bradley Dean Snow
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780822964483
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6448-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Series: Intersections: Histories of En; Intersections: Histories of Environment; Intersections: Histories of En; Intersections: Histories of Environment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches