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This title in other formats:Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical & The Toxic Centuryby Jack Doyle
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From its "accident"at Bhopal by its Union Carbide company to Agent Orange, from Napalm to Plutonium, Dow Chemical has been at the center of many of the worst chemical disasters in history. In this explosive expos of the chemical giant, Jack Doyle reviews the legacy and the future of this gigantic chemical octopus. A comprehensive overview of the company's dirty deeds from dioxin to Greenwashing, Doyle provides an indispensable history with a grave warning for what's up next. The second book in the Environ-mental Health Fund Series. Book News Annotation:Doyle, a business and environmental researcher, names Dow Chemical
and its toxic synthetic chemicals as trespassers on private property.
He traces the impact of the company's chemical products and
byproducts on public health and the environment and follows Dow's
exercise of power throughout the 20th century. Doyle also reports the
efforts of the public, including Vietnam veterans and villagers, to
remedy this "toxic trespass."
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorJack Doyle is the author of several books including most recently Taken for a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the Politics of Pollution, which Publishers Weekly called "a valuable source for partisans on all sides of the debate." He has been writing on technology, business and the environment for more than 20 years, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, Atlanta Journal Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle and many other outlets. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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