When smoke ran like water : tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution / Devr...
When smoke ran like water : tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution / Devr...
When smoke ran like water : tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution / Devra Davis ; [foreword by Mitchell L. Gaynor].
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Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2002.
Call Numbers
N615.902/67
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 316 p., [16] p. of plates ; 25 cm.
Contents
Where I come from -- The phantom epidemic -- How to become a statistic -- How the game is played -- Zones of incomprehension -- The new sisterhood of breast cancer -- Save the males -- Earthquakes and spouting bowls -- A grand experiment -- Defiant figures.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2002.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
Davis provides inside accounts of the struggles to find, monitor and restrain environmental causes of breast cancer, damaged genitals of baby boys, the complex sources of global warming, and many other threats. When Smoke Ran Like Water makes a devastating case that our approaches to public health must change."--BOOK JACKET....
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Full title
When smoke ran like water : tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution / Devra Davis ; [foreword by Mitchell L. Gaynor].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2002.
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Call Numbers
N615.902/67
Record Identifier
74Vv0bGbgy2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0bGbgy2Z
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ISBN
9780465015214 (alk. paper)
0465015212 (alk. paper)
9780465015214
DDC
615.902
MMS ID
991015903769702626
