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

Contributor Sarathy, Brinda, editor.

ImprintPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

Descriptionx, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Note:Part one. 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 -- Part two. 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 -- Part three. 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 -- Epilogue : containment : discussing nuclear waste with Peter Galison / interview by Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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