Environmental Pendulum A Quest for the Truth about Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, and Environmental Protection

Name: Environmental Pendulum A Quest for the Truth about Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, and Environmental Protection
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ISBN: 9780520220478

ISBN-10: 0520220471

ISBN-13: 9780520220478

Edition: 2000

Authors: R. Allan Freeze

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The pendulum of environmental policy swings from one extreme to the other, depending on which camp is in power and who has the ear of the media. Underkill is followed by overkill. Concern breeds action; disillusion breeds reaction.The Environmental Pendulumprovides a thoughtful and evenhanded assessment of this conflict. Tens of thousands of sites across the country are contaminated with toxic chemicals. Environmentalists warn us that this legacy of carelessness is seriously affecting both human health and the ecological balance of nature. They point out that even improved industrial practices will not eliminate future chemical releases to the environment. Their demand for regulatory…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/12/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 337
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Prologue: A Day at Smithville



The Polarization of the Environment



Blenders and Buicks: The Environmental Consequences of Our Engineered Way of Life



Environmental Contamination: What Matters and What Doesn't



The Unpleasant Truths about Waste Management



The Unpleasant Truths about Remediation



The Regulatory Quagmire



The Environmental Game



Solutions


Sources


Index