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Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Download or read book PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (125 download)
Book Synopsis PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama :. by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Download or read book PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama :. written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781985615120 Total Pages :62 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (151 download)
Book Synopsis PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama by : United States. Congress
Download or read book PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session : special hearing, April 19, 2002, Anniston, Alabama.
Author :United States Congress Senate Committee Publisher :Scholar's Choice ISBN 13 :9781296009502 Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama - Scholar's Choice Edition by : United States Congress Senate Committee
Download or read book PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama - Scholar's Choice Edition written by United States Congress Senate Committee and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis PCB CONTAMINATION IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA... HEARING... S. HRG. 107-637... COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS... UNITED STATES SENATE... 107TH CONGRESS by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Download or read book PCB CONTAMINATION IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA... HEARING... S. HRG. 107-637... COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS... UNITED STATES SENATE... 107TH CONGRESS written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2003* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 107-2 Hearing: PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama, S. Hrg. 107-637, April 19, 2002, * by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Download or read book 107-2 Hearing: PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama, S. Hrg. 107-637, April 19, 2002, * written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2003* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Baptized in PCBs by : Ellen Griffith Spears
Download or read book Baptized in PCBs written by Ellen Griffith Spears and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1990s, residents of Anniston, Alabama, began a legal fight against the agrochemical company Monsanto over the dumping of PCBs in the city's historically African American and white working-class west side. Simultaneously, Anniston environmentalists sought to safely eliminate chemical weaponry that had been secretly stockpiled near the city during the Cold War. In this probing work, Ellen Griffith Spears offers a compelling narrative of Anniston's battles for environmental justice, exposing how systemic racial and class inequalities reinforced during the Jim Crow era played out in these intense contemporary social movements. Spears focuses attention on key figures who shaped Anniston--from Monsanto's founders, to white and African American activists, to the ordinary Anniston residents whose lives and health were deeply affected by the town's military-industrial history and the legacy of racism. Situating the personal struggles and triumphs of Anniston residents within a larger national story of regulatory regimes and legal strategies that have affected toxic towns across America, Spears unflinchingly explores the causes and implications of environmental inequalities, showing how civil rights movement activism undergirded Anniston's campaigns for redemption and justice.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Download or read book PCB Contamination in Anniston, Alabama written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Risk-based Characterization of Contaminated Industrial Sites Using a Multivariate Statistical and Gis-based Approach in Anniston, Alabama by : HoeHun Ha
Download or read book Risk-based Characterization of Contaminated Industrial Sites Using a Multivariate Statistical and Gis-based Approach in Anniston, Alabama written by HoeHun Ha and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were produced in Anniston, AL, and used in various commercial applications from 1929 until their ban in the mid-1970s due to concerns about their environmental and biological persistence and toxicity. The principle objective of this dissertation is to identify socioeconomic and spatial patterns, trends and the distributions of soil PCBs and heavy metals, and serum PCBs in Anniston, AL using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics. The study is based on EPA soil data, and Anniston Community Health Survey (ACHS) data and neurocognitive data both derived from Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR). This study hypothesizes that increased levels of both soil and serum PCBs are related to increased exposures of residents to pollution sources, residential locations, and low socioeconomic status. An association is suspected between the unusually high levels of soil and serum PCBs and potential contaminating sources (Monsanto plant and its nearest streams). The spatial distribution of both soil and serum PCBs in the study area is heterogeneous. Two-spatial regression models show statistically significant associations between proximity of residential property to potential contaminating sources and increased levels of both soil and serum PCBs. Living in poor neighborhoods and low socioeconomic status communities in Anniston has higher risks of soil PCB exposure and potentially results in increased levels of PCBs in their serum. Two community health studies conducted based on population-based survey data constituted sources of information for this dissertation. In the first health study, serum from 766 ACHS adult participants was analyzed for a total of thirty five ortho-substituted PCBs by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health laboratory. The second study consists of serum PCB levels for 321 children residing in Anniston and neighbouring communities. Comparisons of these studies at varying distances from suspected sources of contamination reveals a significantly positive association between soil PCB levels and levels of PCBs in serum of subjects residing near the suspected sources of contamination. In the two health studies, residents living in close proximity to the Monsanto plant and its nearest streams show significant associations between soil and serum PCB levels (r> 0.50, p =0.009 for the ACHS and r> 0.62, p =0.001 for the neurocognitive study). This study also hypothesizes that the spatial distribution of 11 heavy metals in the soil is generally non-homogeneous and that their potential sources are different. Three clusters that share similar distribution patterns and suspected sources of heavy metal pollution were detected using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Self Organizing Map (SOM) methods. Soil Pb (lead), Cd (cadmium), Cu (copper) and Zn (zinc) are primarily attributed to anthropogenic activities, such as operations of chemical foundries and major railroads, whereas the presence of Co (cobalt) and Mn (manganese), and V (vanadium) alone are also associated with natural sources such as soil texture, pedogenesis and soil hydrology. A Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model also found statistically significant associations between soil lead concentrations and anthropogenic activities (metal casting foundry and railroads).
Download or read book Monsanto written by Jim Gerritsen and published by Kettler Verlag. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a manufacturer of food and animal feed, seeds and chemical products, Monsanto is relentlessly developing and marketing new technologies. The monopoly it has arguably secured by dubious means bears no relation to its negligence with regard to potential risks. Particularly in light of the devastating consequences that are still causing suffering to people and the environment in many places, the company's self-portrayal as a forward-looking, omnipotent force for good seems cynical. The photographer Mathieu Asselin, who lives in France and Venezuela, has tried his hand at the daunting task of exploring the issues surrounding Monsanto. His investigative photographic study manages to capture the complexity of this topic, creating links between past, present and future and illuminating many different aspects from a variety of perspectives.
Book Synopsis PCBs and the Environment by : John S. Waid
Download or read book PCBs and the Environment written by John S. Waid and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My City Was Gone written by Dennis Love and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful and important, My City Was Gone is the cautionary tale of how a hardworking small town was destroyed by the very forces that created it. Anniston, Alabama, was once a thriving industrial hub, home to a Monsanto chemical plant as well as a federal depot for chemical weapons. Now its notoriety comes from its exceptionally high cancer rate—some 25 percent above the state norm—and the town's determined citizens who joined together and struck back at the corporation. As provocative and timely as Erin Brockovich or A Civil Action, My City Was Gone is a magnificently told true story of ordinary citizens in a small Southern town who led a legendary fight against corporate pollution and wrongdoing.
Book Synopsis Contaminants in the Subsurface by : National Research Council
Download or read book Contaminants in the Subsurface written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-04-23 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At hundreds of thousands of commercial, industrial, and military sites across the country, subsurface materials including groundwater are contaminated with chemical waste. The last decade has seen growing interest in using aggressive source remediation technologies to remove contaminants from the subsurface, but there is limited understanding of (1) the effectiveness of these technologies and (2) the overall effect of mass removal on groundwater quality. This report reviews the suite of technologies available for source remediation and their ability to reach a variety of cleanup goals, from meeting regulatory standards for groundwater to reducing costs. The report proposes elements of a protocol for accomplishing source remediation that should enable project managers to decide whether and how to pursue source remediation at their sites.
Book Synopsis PCBs in the United States Industrial Use and Environmental Distribution by : Versar, Inc
Download or read book PCBs in the United States Industrial Use and Environmental Distribution written by Versar, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report on the PCB Incident in the Western United States by : United States. Food Safety and Quality Service
Download or read book Report on the PCB Incident in the Western United States written by United States. Food Safety and Quality Service and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites by : National Research Council
Download or read book Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These include Superfund sites and other facilities that handle and dispose of hazardous waste, active and inactive dry cleaners, and leaking underground storage tanks; many are at federal facilities such as military installations. While many sites have been closed over the past 30 years through cleanup programs run by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. EPA, and other state and federal agencies, the remaining caseload is much more difficult to address because the nature of the contamination and subsurface conditions make it difficult to achieve drinking water standards in the affected groundwater. Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites estimates that at least 126,000 sites across the U.S. still have contaminated groundwater, and their closure is expected to cost at least $110 billion to $127 billion. About 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations. At sites where contaminant concentrations have plateaued at levels above cleanup goals despite active efforts, the report recommends evaluating whether the sites should transition to long-term management, where risks would be monitored and harmful exposures prevented, but at reduced costs.
Book Synopsis A Terrible Thing to Waste by : Harriet A. Washington
Download or read book A Terrible Thing to Waste written by Harriet A. Washington and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities. Did you know... Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households with incomes below $10,000. When swallowed, a lead-paint chip no larger than a fingernail can send a toddler into a coma -- one-tenth of that amount will lower his IQ. Nearly two of every five African American homes in Baltimore are plagued by lead-based paint. Almost all of the 37,500 Baltimore children who suffered lead poisoning between 2003 and 2015 were African American. From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country-cutting lives tragically short and needlessly burdening our health care system. But these deadly environments create another insidious and often overlooked consequence: robbing communities of color, and America as a whole, of intellectual power. The 1994 publication of The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of a renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray, arguing that IQ is a biased and flawed metric, but that it is useful for tracking cognitive damage. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, using copious data that instead point to a different cause of the reported African American-white IQ gap: environmental racism - a confluence of racism and other institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and insufficient sanitation services. She investigates heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrition, and even pathogens as chief agents influencing intelligence to explain why communities of color are disproportionately affected -- and what can be done to remedy this devastating problem. Featuring extensive scientific research and Washington's sharp, lively reporting, A Terrible Thing to Waste is sure to outrage, transform the conversation, and inspire debate.
