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An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal
by Andrew Schneider  Publisher Comments An Air That Kills is the horrifying true story of the decades-long poisoning of a small town and the definitive exposé of asbestos in America-all told by the prize-winning journalists who broke it. This is the story of miners who were unaware of...
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The Tainted Desert: Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West
by Valerie Kuletz Synopsis For decades, the Nevada desert's rugged beauty has veiled its use as a nuclear weapons testing site. Now another crisis looms over the Yucca Mountains--their consideration as the proposed national repository for nuclear waste. Kuletz combines scientific...
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Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement
by Phil Brown Synopsis The increase in environmentally induced diseases and the loosening of regulation and safety measures have inspired a massive challenge to established ways of looking at health and the environment. Communities with disease clusters, women facing a growing...
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Fatal Deception: The Terrifying True Story of How Asbestos Is Killing America
by Michael Bowker Publisher Comments STILL LEGAL, STILL LETHAL Most Americans mistakenly believe asbestos was banned long ago. In fact, it is still legal and can still kill you. Its microscopic fibers cause painful and incurable diseases. Despite being outlawed in nearly every other...
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The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
by Werner Troesken Publisher Comments In The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster, Werner Troesken looks at a long-running environmental and public health catastrophe: 150 years of lead pipes in local water systems and the associated sickness, premature death, political inaction, and social denial....
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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam: How Pollution and Hollow Government Hurt Our Kids
by Rena I Steinzor Publisher Comments In this compelling study, Rena Steinzor highlights the ways in which the government, over the past twenty years, has failed to protect children from harm caused by toxic chemicals. She believes these failures--under-funding, excessive and misguided use...
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When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution
by Devra Davis 
Publisher Comments In When Smoke Ran Like Water, the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis confronts the public triumphs and private failures of her lifelong battle against environmental pollution. She documents the shocking toll of a public-health disaster-300,000...
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Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis and What We Can Do to Ave
by Ross Gelbspan Publisher Comments In Boiling Point, Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions--denial and delay--has now grown into a crime against humanity. The fossil...
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Charging Ahead
by John J Berger Publisher Comments Charging Ahead foretells the world's next great energy transformation: the shift to clean, renewable energy sources. It shows how renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles, when used together, can give us back a clean environment and...
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Environmental Concerns (Social Biology Topics)
by Peter Alma Publisher Comments This series of A-level social biology topic books responds to the changing demands of social biology syllabuses, with each text dealing with a particular area of interest. Although the series is primarily intended for students of A-level social biology...
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Environmental Hazards: Marine Pollution
by Martha Gorman Book News Annotation Provides convenient access to numerous sources on marine pollution, both print and non-print. As is typical for this series, gives an overview of the topic, chronology, biographical sketches of relevant figures (Rachel Carson, Jacques Cousteau), legal...
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Environmental Contaminant Reference Volume 1
by Jan C Prager Synopsis Written in an easy-to-understand narrative by former EPA environmental scientist Dr. Jan Prager, this reference stands alone in its emphasis of environmental effects of regulated contaminant substances. Environmental regulators, as well as conservation...
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Environmental Contaminant Reference Volume 2
by Jan Prager Synopsis Written in an easy-to-understand narrative by former EPA environmental scientist Dr. Jan Prager, this reference stands alone in its emphasis of environmental effects of regulated contaminant substances. Environmental regulators, as well as conservation...
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Hazardous Waste Management
by Michael D Lagrega Book News Annotation A senior undergraduate or first-year graduate level textbook sufficient to support a two-semester or three-quarter course for engineering students. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the field that combines a theoretical framework with the...
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Advances in Environmental Science & Technology #26-2: Arsenic in the Environment, Cycling and Characterization
by Jerome O Nriagu Book News Annotation The self-contained first of two volumes that cover both the chemistry and effects of the legendary toxin. For chemists and environmental engineers, explores such aspects as arsenic's history, chemical composition, characteristics, behavior in the...
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Environment & Policy #10: Lowering the Cost of Emission Reduction: Joint Implementation in the Framework Convention on Climate Change
by Michael A Ridley Synopsis Lowering the Cost of Emission Reduction by Dr Michael Ridley investigates a novel way to reduce the cost of carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emission reduction. This book asks whether allowing countries to substitute emission reduction undertaken...
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From the Bottom Up: One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers
by Chad Pregracke Synopsis Chad Pregracke was a high school student when he first glimpsed the trash that littered the bottom of the Mississippi, a shocking sight that launched him on a quest to clean up the river. After four discouraging years seeking government help without...
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Pesticide Properties in the Environment
by Arthur G Hornsby Publisher Comments Identifying and remediating environmental contamination is a complex and very expensive problem worldwide. Pollution of soil and water by pesticides is a significant issue that persists for years after the pesticide application ceases. Pesticide...
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Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History
by Jerry Jenkins Book News Annotation Jenkins (Wildlife Conservation Society) chronicles the deposition of acids and mercury from fossil fuel combustion onto the Adirondack Mountains region, and how researchers measured the acid rain and traced it ecological effects. Color graphs and maps...
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Statistics for the Environment #0003: Statistics for the Environment, Pollution Assessment and Control
by Vic Barnett Publisher Comments This book discusses the statistical techniques that can be used to assess the qualitative and quantitative aspects of water pollution, industrial hazards and the contamination of the food chain. It applies state-of-the-art statistical methods to this...
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