Toxic town : IBM, Pollution, and industrial risks /

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In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one of the nation's largest corporate-state mitigation efforts. Yet despite the efforts of IBM and the U...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, Peter C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Temas:
International Business Machines Corporation.
International Business Machines Corporation
Hazardous waste sites > New York (State) > Endicott.
Hazardous waste site remediation > New York (State) > Endicott.
Computer industry > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > Endicott.
Computer industry > Waste disposal > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > Endicott.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > New York (État) > Endicott.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > New York (État) > Endicott.
Informatique > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > Endicott.
Informatique > Industrie > Déchets > Élimination > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > Endicott.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Computer industry > Environmental aspects
Ecology
Hazardous waste site remediation
Hazardous waste sites
Endicott (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions.
New York (State) > Endicott
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Down in Big Blue's Toxic Plume in Upstate New York; 2. The New Mitigation Landscape; 3. From Shoes to Computers to Vapor Mitigation Systems; 4. Living the Tangle of Risk, Deindustrialization, and Community Transformation; 5. Post-Mitigation Skepticism and Frustration; 6. Grassroots Action and Conflicted Environmental Justice; 7. Citizens, Experts, and Emerging Vapor Intrusion Science and Policy; 8. Accounting for the Paradox of IBM's "Smarter Planet"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B.
  • CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author.

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