Inevitably toxic historical perspectives on contamination, exposure, and expertise / edited by Brinda Sarathy, Vivien Hamilton, and Janet Farrell Brodie.

Other author Sarathy, Brinda.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Descriptionx, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesIntersections: environment, science, technology
Contents Radiation x-ray protection in American hospitals / Vivien Hamilton -- Contested knowledge : the Trinity test radiation studies / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Crossroads in San Francisco : The Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and its afterlives / Lindsey Dillon -- Born opaque : investigating the nuclear accident at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory / William Palmer -- Industrial toxins -- Making way for industrial waste : water pollution control in Southern California, 1947-1955 / Brinda Sarathy -- Processing the past into your future : uncovering the hidden consequences of industrial development in the West Texas Petrochemical Industry / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre -- Vast, incredible damage : herbicides and the U.S. Forest Service / James G. Lewis and Char Miller -- Neighborhood oil drilling and environmental justice in Los Angeles / Bhavna Shamasunder -- Community contestation, expanding expertise -- Atomic bomb survivors, medical experts, and the endlessness of radiation illness / Naoko Wake -- On sovereignty, deficits, and dump fires : risk governance in an Arctic "Dumpcano" / Alexander Zahara
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018054771
ISBN9780822945314 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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