No Safe Place : Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action.

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A focus on a community's struggle for justice in the wake of the environmental contamination by local corporations. Readers will learn about how the residents of Woburn, Massachusetts discovered a childhood leukaemia cluster and eventually sued two corporate giants.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Phil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.
Temas:
Leukemia in children > Massachusetts > Woburn.
Hazardous wastes > Environmental aspects > Massachusetts > Woburn.
Leucémie chez l'enfant > Massachusetts > Woburn.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
Hazardous wastes > Environmental aspects.
Leukemia in children.
Pediatrics.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Massachusetts > Woburn.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; Foreword; Preface (1997); Preface (1990); Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Town in Turmoil: History and Significance of the Woburn Cluster; 2. The Formation of an Organized Community; 3. The Sickness Caused by "Corporate America": Effects of the Woburn Cluster; 4. Taking Control: Popular Epidemiology; 5. Making It Safe: Securing Future Health; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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