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Tainted Earth : Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment /

Smelting is an industrial process involving the extraction of metal from ore. During this process, impurities in ore-including arsenic, lead, and cadmium-may be released from smoke stacks, contaminating air, water, and soil with toxic-heavy metals. The problem of public health harm from smelter emis...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Marianne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
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