Toxic deception : how the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your h...
Toxic deception : how the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your h...
Toxic deception : how the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your health / Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle, and the Center for Public Integrity.
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Publisher
Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1996.
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N615.9020973/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxv, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Invisible Threat -- 1. Presumed Innocent -- 2. Four Chemicals -- 3. Science for Sale -- 4. Keeping the Watchdogs on a Short Leash -- 5. Making Friends in High Places -- 6. Justice Denied -- 7. The PR Juggernaut -- 8. Assessing the Alternatives -- 9. Fixing the System -- 10. The Cos...
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Publisher
Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1996.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Toxic Deception also details the stories of courageous families fighting the system, like the Grahams, who, after a series of pesticide sprayings, saw their farm become a chamber of environmental horrors where dead birds littered the fields, the family cow gave bloody milk, the pond foamed, and family members suffered an array of serious illnesses....
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Toxic deception : how the chemical industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your health / Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle, and the Center for Public Integrity.
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"A Birch Lane Press book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1996.
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N615.9020973/1
Record Identifier
74VvZ7vvP77A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZ7vvP77A
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ISBN
1559723858 (hc)
9781559723855 (hc)
DDC
615.9020973
MMS ID
991004588449702626
