Sacrifice Zones The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States

Name: Sacrifice Zones The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
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ISBN: 9780262518178

ISBN-10: 0262518171

ISBN-13: 9780262518178

Edition: 2010

Authors: Steve Lerner, Phil Brown

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Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them reach a point at which they say "Enough is enough." After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-related health problems, they start to take action--organizing, speaking up, documenting the effects of pollution on their neighborhoods. In Sacrifice Zones, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Steve Lerner is the author of Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems (1998) and Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor (2006), both published by the MIT Press.