The great lead water pipe disaster /

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The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Großbritannien > Consulate > Frankfurt am Main
Geschichte 1850-2000.
Water-pipes > Materials > History.
Lead > Environmental aspects > History.
Lead > Toxicology > History.
Drinking water > Lead content > History.
Pipe, Lead > History.
Lead poisoning > History.
Lead poisoning.
Lead Poisoning
Environmental Exposure
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Water Supply > history
Tuyaux d'eau > Matériaux > Histoire.
Plomb > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire.
Plomb > Toxicologie > Histoire.
Eau potable > Teneur en plomb > Histoire.
Tuyaux en plomb > Histoire.
Intoxication par le plomb > Histoire.
Intoxication par le plomb.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Drinking water > Lead content.
Lead > Environmental aspects.
Lead > Toxicology.
Pipe, Lead.
Trinkwasser
Bleibelastung
Gesundheitspolitik
Wasserleitung
Blei
Gesundheitsschaden
Lood.
Waterleidingen.
Eclampsie.
Vergiftiging.
Milieutoxicologie.
USA
Computer network resources.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue : Exhuming Michael Galler
  • 1. The significance of the small
  • 2. A house for Erasmus
  • 3. Fixing Alice
  • 4. The latent history of eclampsia
  • 5. The secret of Dr. Porritt's society
  • 6. A false sense of simplicity
  • 7. Responsibility in the court of the absurd
  • 8. The legend of Loch Katrine
  • 9. Building on the past
  • Appendix A : Estimating the effects of lead water pipes on infant and fetal mortality
  • Appendix B : A statistical supplement to The Menace and Geography of Eclampsia
  • Appendix C : The correlates of lead solvency
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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