Inevitably toxic : historical perspectives on contamination, exposure and expertise /

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"Not a day goes by that humans aren't exposed to toxins in our environment--be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren't marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces' substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarathy, Brinda (Editor ), Hamilton, Vivien, 1981- (Editor ), Brodie, Janet Farrell (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Colección:Intersections (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Temas:
Pollution > History.
Radiation > History.
Factory and trade waste > History.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Pollutants.
Pollution > Histoire.
Rayonnement > Histoire.
Déchets industriels > Histoire.
Polluants.
pollutants.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Factory and trade waste.
Pollution.
Radiation.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Radiation; 1. X-ray Protection in American Hospitals; 2. Contested Knowledge; 3. Crossroads in San Francisco; 4. Born Opaque; Part Two: Industrial Toxins; Making Way for Industrial Waste; 6. Processing the Past into Your Future; 7. Vast, Incredible Damage; 8. Neighborhood Oil Drilling and Environmental Justice in Los Angeles; Part Three: Community, Contestation, Expanding Expertise; 9. Atomic Bomb Survivors, Medical Experts, and the Endlessness of Radiation Illness; 10. On Sovereignty, Deficits, and Dump Fires; Epilogue; Contributors

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