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245 14 a| The polluters :b| the making of our chemically altered environment /c| Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2010.;

300 a| viii, 223 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-213) and index.;

505 0 a| The sorcerer's apprentices -- Summoning the spirits. Pollution goes to Washington ; The rise of the chemical industry ; Royd Sayers' Service Bureau -- 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 -- Holding back the deluge. DuPont tries to clean up ; The industry responds ; From Donora to Love Canal -- Convenient hopes and inconvenient truths.;

520 a| 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.;

650 0 a| Chemical industryx| Environmental aspectsz| United States.=| ^A1037138;

650 0 a| Pollutionx| Environmental aspectsz| United States.=| ^A11009;

650 0 a| Pollutants.=| ^A143475;

700 1 a| Amter, Steven.=| ^A1039655;

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

Author/creator	Ross, Benjamin
Other author	Amter, Steven.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description	viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Chemical industry--Environmental aspects. --United States. Pollution--Environmental aspects. --United States. Pollutants.

Contents	The sorcerer's apprentices -- Summoning the spirits. Pollution goes to Washington ; The rise of the chemical industry ; Royd Sayers' Service Bureau -- 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 -- Holding back the deluge. DuPont tries to clean up ; The industry responds ; From Donora to Love Canal -- Convenient hopes and inconvenient truths.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-213) and index.
LCCN	2009045748
ISBN	9780199739950 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0199739951 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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