Trespass against us : Dow Chemical & the toxic century / Jack Doyle.
Record details
- ISBN: 1567512682
- Physical Description: xviii, 486 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A publication of the Environmental Health Fund, Boston, Massachusetts." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-466) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. In The Blood: The Dow body burden 1 -- 2. House of Wonders: How a small Michigan bleach maker became a corporate giant 21 -- 3. Dow Goes to War: Napalm, Agent Orange, and 2,4,5-T 51 -- 4. Dioxin in The Dark: The slow coming-to-light of a nasty chemical 79 -- 5. Dowicides: Beating the bugs, poisoning the well 105 -- 6. "Saving" 2,4-D: Fifty years of a toxic herbicide 131 -- 7. Plastic "Ben, I just want to say one word to you" 145 -- 8. Taken to The Cleaners: Solvents take away the grease & grime--and more 173 -- 9. Rocky Flats: Plutonium pollution & messy management 185 -- 10. Poisoning Canada: Mercury, toxic trains, & bad air 197 -- 11. Dow Environmentalism: Dow's "greening," politics, & P.R. 221 -- 12. Silicone: Chemicals in women: the implant fiasco 251 -- 13. Men At Work: Poisons on the job & busting unions 275 -- 14. DBCP Saga: "No sperm seen" 291 -- 15. "Dow Water": Pollution & peril in Louisiana 307 -- 16. Danger Zones: The chemistry doesn't always stay in the container 329 -- 17. Big in Texas: In Brazoria County, it's all Dow 351 -- 18. Trouble in New Zealand: Agent Orange leftovers & Ivon Watkins-Dow 373 -- 19. Time & The Tittabawassee: Dow fouls a Michigan river--and people's lives 383 -- 20. Union Carbide: Outlaw corporation acquired by Dow 417 -- 21. No Trespassing: Defining new boundaries 431. |
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Subject: | Dow Chemical Company > History. Environmental health. Environmental toxicology. Hazardous wastes. Industrial toxicology. Poisons. Pollutants. Pollution. |
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