Sacrifice zones the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States /
""Sacrifice Zones is the compelling companion work to Diamond, Steve Lerner's landmark study of a small Louisiana town coping with the ravages of pollution from the factories surrounding it. In this book, Lerner travels to a dozen low-income, mostly minority communities around the cou...
| Main Author: | Lerner, Steve. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2010]
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 346 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory
- Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation
- Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants
- Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery
- Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door
- Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air
- Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company
- San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community
- Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil
- St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases
- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood
- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused y multiple sources of pollution
- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter
- Conclusion.