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

Author: Ross, Benjamin.

Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Descriptionviii, 223 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-213) and index.

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