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Author : Geoffrey Lomax
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Toxic Truth and Consequences written by Geoffrey Lomax and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lydia Denworth
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807000337
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Toxic Truth written by Lydia Denworth and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They didn't start out as environmental warriors. Clair Patterson was a geochemist focused on determining the age of the Earth. Herbert Needleman was a pediatrician treating inner-city children. But in the chemistry lab and the hospital ward, they met a common enemy: lead. It was literally everywhere-in gasoline and paint, of course, but also in water pipes and food cans, toothpaste tubes and toys, ceramics and cosmetics, jewelry and batteries. Though few people worried about it at the time, lead was also toxic. In Toxic Truth, journalist Lydia Denworth tells the little-known stories of these two men who were among the first to question the wisdom of filling the world with such a harmful metal. Denworth follows them from the ice and snow of Antarctica to the schoolyards of Philadelphia and Boston as they uncovered the enormity of the problem and demonstrated the irreparable harm lead was doing to children. In heated conferences and courtrooms, the halls of Congress and at the Environmental Protection Agency, the scientist and doctor were forced to defend their careers and reputations in the face of incredible industry opposition. It took courage, passion, and determination to prevail against entrenched corporate interests and politicized government bureaucracies. But Patterson, Needleman, and their allies did finally get the lead out - since it was removed from gasoline, paint, and food cans in the 1970s, the level of lead in Americans' bodies has dropped 90 percent. Their success offers a lesson in the dangers of putting economic priorities over public health, and a reminder of the way science-and individuals-can change the world. The fundamental questions raised by this battle-what constitutes disease, how to measure scientific independence, and how to quantify acceptable risk-echo in every environmental issue of today: from the plastic used to make water bottles to greenhouse gas emissions. And the most basic question-how much do we need to know about what we put in our environment-is perhaps more relevant today than it has ever been.
Author : Thom Davies
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526137011
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Toxic truths written by Thom Davies and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Debates over science, facts, and values are pivotal in the struggle for environmental justice. For decades, environmental justice activists have campaigned against the misuse of science, engaging in community-led citizen science that champions knowledge produced by and for ordinary people living with environmental risks and hazards. However, post-truth politics have threatened science itself. Toxic truths examines the relationship between environmental justice and citizen science, focusing on enduring issues and new challenges in a post-truth age. The volume features a range of community-based participatory environmental health and justice research projects that seek to establish different ways of sensing, witnessing, and interpreting environmental injustice. From struggles in American hog country and contaminated indigenous communities, to local environmental controversies in Spain and China, this volume examines political strategies for seeking environmental justice. With international, interdisciplinary contributions from distinguished authors, emerging scholars and community activists, Toxic truths is essential reading for those seeking to understand the cutting edge of citizen science and activism around the world.
Author : Kelly Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The Toxic Truth written by Kelly Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2538 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Wexler
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0127447709
Total Pages : 953 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (274 download)
Download or read book Information Resources in Toxicology written by Philip Wexler and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History: -- K.D. Watson, P. Wexler, and J. Everitt. -- Highlights in the History of Toxicology. -- Selected References in the History of Toxicology. -- A Historical Perspective of Toxicology Information Systems. -- Books and Special Documents: -- G.L. Kennedy, Jr., P. Wexler, N.S. Selzer, and L.A. Malley. -- General Texts. -- Analytical Toxicology. -- Animals in Research. -- Biomonitoring/Biomarkers. -- Biotechnology. -- Biotoxins. -- Cancer. -- Chemical Compendia. -- Chemical--Cosmetics and Other Consumer. -- Products. -- Chemical--Drugs. -- Chemical--Dust and Fibers. -- Chemical--Metals. -- Chemicals--Pesticides -- Chemicals--Solvents. -- Chemical--Selected Chemicals. -- Clinical Toxicology. -- Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. -- Environmental Toxicology--General. -- Environmental Toxicology-- Aquatic. -- Environmental Toxicology--Atmospheric. -- Environmental Toxicology--Hazardous Waste. -- Environmental Toxicology--Terrestrial. -- Environmental Toxicology--Wildlife. -- Ep ...
Author : Simone M. Müller
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821447874
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Toxic Timescapes written by Simone M. Müller and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary environmental humanities volume that explores human-environment relationships on our permanently polluted planet. While toxicity and pollution are ever present in modern daily life, politicians, juridical systems, media outlets, scholars, and the public alike show great difficulty in detecting, defining, monitoring, or generally coming to terms with them. This volume’s contributors argue that the source of this difficulty lies in the struggle to make sense of the intersecting temporal and spatial scales working on the human and more-than-human body, while continuing to acknowledge race, class, and gender in terms of global environmental justice and social inequality. The term toxic timescapes refers to this intricate intersectionality of time, space, and bodies in relation to toxic exposure. As a tool of analysis, it unpacks linear understandings of time and explores how harmful substances permeate temporal and physical space as both event and process. It equips scholars with new ways of creating data and conceptualizing the past, present, and future presence and possible effects of harmful substances and provides a theoretical framework for new environmental narratives. To think in terms of toxic timescapes is to radically shift our understanding of toxicants in the complex web of life. Toxicity, pollution, and modes of exposure are never static; therefore, dose, timing, velocity, mixture, frequency, and chronology matter as much as the geographic location and societal position of those exposed. Together, these factors create a specific toxic timescape that lies at the heart of each contributor’s narrative. Contributors from the disciplines of history, human geography, science and technology studies, philosophy, and political ecology come together to demonstrate the complex reality of a toxic existence. Their case studies span the globe as they observe the intersection of multiple times and spaces at such diverse locations as former battlefields in Vietnam, aging nuclear-weapon storage facilities in Greenland, waste deposits in southern Italy, chemical facilities along the Gulf of Mexico, and coral-breeding laboratories across the world.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments of 1991: June 5, 6, 18; July 24 and 25, 1991 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 2234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1110 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Solid Waste Disposal Act Reauthorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments of 1991 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert D. Lupton
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780062076205
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (762 download)
Download or read book Toxic Charity written by Robert D. Lupton and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences. Our free food and clothing distribution encourages ever-growing handout lines, diminishing the dignity of the poor while increasing their dependency. We converge on inner-city neighborhoods to plant flowers and pick up trash, battering the pride of residents who have the capacity (and responsibility) to beautify their own environment. We fly off on mission trips to poverty-stricken villages, hearts full of pity and suitcases bulging with giveaways—trips that one Nicaraguan leader describes as effective only in “turning my people into beggars.” In Toxic Charity, Lupton urges individuals, churches, and organizations to step away from these spontaneous, often destructive acts of compassion toward thoughtful paths to community development. He delivers proven strategies for moving from toxic charity to transformative charity. Proposing a powerful “Oath for Compassionate Service” and spotlighting real-life examples of people serving not just with their hearts but with proven strategies and tested tactics, Lupton offers all the tools and inspiration we need to develop healthy, community-driven programs that produce deep, measurable, and lasting change. Everyone who volunteers or donates to charity needs to wrestle with this book.
Author : Virginia Heath
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250787793
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Never Rescue a Rogue written by Virginia Heath and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Heath’s Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in delight. Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of their nearest and dearest. Everyone believes that the two of them are meant to be together, but Diana and Giles know that their constant pithy barbs come from a shared disdain—not a hidden attraction. Diana loves the freedom of working at the newspaper too much to give it up for marriage, and Giles is happily married to his bachelor lifestyle. But they do have one thing in common—the secrets they can’t risk escaping. When Giles’ father, the curmudgeonly Duke of Harpenden unexpectedly turns up his toes, it’s only a matter of time before someone comes crawling out of the woodwork who knows the true circumstances of his only son's birth. As the threat of blackmail becomes real, Giles must uncover the truth of his parentage first, or else he and all those who depend upon him will be ruined—and dogged bloodhound Diana is his best hope at sniffing out the truth. As Giles and Diana dive into his family’s past, the attraction that the two of them insisted wasn’t there proves impossible to ignore. Soon, the future of the Sinclair estate isn’t the only thing on the line...
Author : Carl F. Cranor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107151961
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Toxic Torts written by Carl F. Cranor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxic Torts, 2nd edition shows how the American justice system underserves the public in its treatment of scientific evidence.
Author : M. Dentith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137363169
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories written by M. Dentith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conspiracy theories are a popular topic of conversation in everyday life but are often frowned upon in academic discussions. Looking at the recent spate of philosophical interest in conspiracy theories, The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories looks at whether the assumption that belief in conspiracy theories is typically irrational is well founded
Author : William P. Cunningham
Publisher : Gale Research International, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Environmental Encyclopedia written by William P. Cunningham and published by Gale Research International, Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Profiles novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.
Author : Marion Nestle
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541617312
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Unsavory Truth written by Marion Nestle and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's leading nutritionist exposes how the food industry corrupts scientific research for profit Is chocolate heart-healthy? Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News accounts bombard us with such amazing claims, report them as science, and influence what we eat. Yet, as Marion Nestle explains, these studies are more about marketing than science; they are often paid for by companies that sell those foods. Whether it's a Coca-Cola-backed study hailing light exercise as a calorie neutralizer, or blueberry-sponsored investigators proclaiming that this fruit prevents erectile dysfunction, every corner of the food industry knows how to turn conflicted research into big profit. As Nestle argues, it's time to put public health first. Written with unmatched rigor and insight, Unsavory Truth reveals how the food industry manipulates nutrition science--and suggests what we can do about it.
