| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Critical issues in health and medicine
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Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Tacoma Smelter -- City of destiny, city of smoke -- Uncovering a crisis in El Paso -- Bunker Hill -- Tacoma : a disaster is discovered -- A carcinogenic threat -- Sacrificed. |
| Summary |
Thoroughly grounded in extensive archival research, Tainted Earth traces the rise of public health concerns about nonferrous smelting in the western United States, focusing on three major facilities: Tacoma, Washington; El Paso, Texas; and Bunker Hill, Idaho. It documents the response from community residents, public health scientists, the industry, and the government to pollution from smelters and the long road to protecting public health and the environment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pollution -- Texas.
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Pollution. |
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Texas. |
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Pollution -- Idaho.
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Idaho. |
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Pollution -- Washington (State)
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Washington (State) |
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Environmental Pollution -- history. |
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Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects. |
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Industrial Waste -- adverse effects. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Extraction and Processing Industry. |
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Carcinogens, Environmental -- toxicity. |
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Washington. |
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Texas. |
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Idaho. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sullivan, Marianne, 1970- Tainted earth 9780813562797 (DLC) 2013013432 (OCoLC)835887510 |
| ISBN |
9780813562803 (electronic book) |
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0813562805 (electronic book) |
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9780813562797 |
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0813562791 |
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9780813562780 |
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0813562783 |
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