Bibliograph

The polluters, the making of our chemically altered environment, Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter

Type

Label

The polluters, the making of our chemically altered environment, Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The polluters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

468853835

Responsibility statement

Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter

Sub title

the making of our chemically altered environment

Summary

Explains how the chemical industry, aided by a compliant government, was able to spread a wide variety of pollutants beginning in the years following World War II, despite the fact that the environmental dangers of such new synthetic chemical products as DDT and nylon were known by both industry and the scientific community

Table Of Contents

Part 1: The sorcerer's apprentices -- Summoning the spirits. Pollution goes to Washington ; The rise of the chemical industry ; Royd Sayers' Service Bureau -- Part 2: Fetching a flood. The miracle bug-killer ; Wilhelm Hueper and environmental cancer ; Bad air in Los Angeles ; Donora's strangler smog ; A new deal for clean water ; Deregulation California's water ; The stealth pollutants -- Part 3: Holding back the deluge. DuPont tries to clean up ; The industry responds ; From Donora to Love Canal -- Convenient hopes and inconvenient truths

Target audience

general

Classification