Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States / Steve Lerner ; foreword by Phil Brown.

Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States /

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""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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lerner, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Environmental toxicology > United States > Case studies.
Chemical spills > Health aspects > United States > Case studies.
Hazardous substances > Health aspects > United States > Case studies.
Hazardous substances > Health aspects > Alaska > Saint Lawrence Island > Case studies.
Hazardous waste sites > United States > Case studies.
Pollution > United States > Case studies.
Pollution > Alaska > Saint Lawrence Island > Case studies.
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects.
Hazardous Waste.
Chemical Industry.
Environmental Pollution.
Prejudice.
Socioeconomic Factors.
United States.
Popular Work.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I. Partial victories: 1. Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory
  • 2. Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation
  • II. Contaminated air: 3. Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants
  • 4. Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery
  • 5. Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door
  • 6. Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air
  • III. Contaminated water: 7. Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company
  • 8. San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community
  • IV. Contaminated soil: 9. Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil
  • 10. St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases
  • 11. Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood
  • V. An ongoing puzzle: disease clusters possibly caused by multiple sources of pollution
  • 12. Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter
  • Conclusion.

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