Tainted earth : smelters, public health, and the environment /

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Thoroughly grounded in extensive archival research, Tainted Earth traces the rise of public health concerns about nonferrous smelting in the western United States, focusing on three major facilities: Tacoma, Washington; El Paso, Texas; and Bunker Hill, Idaho. It documents the response from community...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Marianne, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Temas:
Pollution > Texas.
Pollution > Idaho.
Pollution > Washington (State)
Environmental Pollution > adverse effects
Environmental Pollution > history
Carcinogens, Environmental > toxicity
Extraction and Processing Industry
History, 20th Century
Industrial Waste > adverse effects
Pollution > Washington (État)
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Pollution
Idaho
Texas
Washington
Washington (State)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Tacoma Smelter
  • City of destiny, city of smoke
  • Uncovering a crisis in El Paso
  • Bunker Hill
  • Tacoma : a disaster is discovered
  • A carcinogenic threat
  • Sacrificed.

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