Dirty Water : One Man's Fight to Clean Up One of the World's Most Polluted Bays /

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Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The...

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Auteur principal: Sharpsteen, Bill, 1954-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Bennett, Howard, > 1929-
Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
Umweltschützer
Biografie
Sewage disposal in the ocean > Environmental aspects
Political activists
Marine pollution > Prevention
High school teachers
Environmentalists
Environmental policy
Ecology
NATURE > Ecology.
Professeurs (Enseignement secondaire) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Eaux usees > Évacuation dans la mer > Aspect de l'environnement > Californie > Santa Monica, Baie de.
High school teachers > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Environmental policy > California > Santa Monica Bay Region.
Marine pollution > California > Santa Monica Bay > Prevention.
Sewage disposal in the ocean > Environmental aspects > California > Santa Monica Bay.
United States
Pacific Ocean > Santa Monica Bay
California > Santa Monica Bay Region
Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The insecticide DDT covered portions of the sea floor. Los Angeles discharged partially treated sewage into its waters. Lifeguards came down with mysterious illnesses. And Howard Bennett happily swam in it every morning. By accident, Bennett learned that Los Angeles had applied for a.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780520944756

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