Silent Snow The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic

Name: Silent Snow The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic
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ISBN: 9780802142597

ISBN-10: 0802142591

ISBN-13: 9780802142597

Edition: 1979

Authors: Marla Cone

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Introduction: A Moral Compass in a Vast, Lonely Land



The Arctic Paradox



Blowing in the Wind: A Contaminant's Long Journey North



Unexpected Poisons: Serendipity at the Top of the World



The World's Unfortunate Laboratory



Plight of the Ice Bear: Top of the World, Top of the Food Web



Ties that Bind in Greenland



A Fish Can't Feed a Village: Alaska's Communal Hunts



Scientists Seeking Order Out of Chaos



Fear Is Toxic, Too: Communicating Risk to Canada's Inuit



Into the Brains of Babes: Searching for Clues in Faroese Children



Beyond Silent Spring: A Global Assault on Sex Hormones and Immune Systems



The Arctic in Flux: Global Conspirators and the Whims of Climate



Islands of Sudden Change: The Evolution of the Aleutians



Solutions and Predictions



The Diagnosis: Scientists Write a Prescription



POPs and Politics: Taking the First Step Toward a Solution



The Chain of Evil Continues Unbroken: The Arctic's New Toxic Legacies


Epilogue: Survival of the Fittest: Walking in the Inuit's Footsteps


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index