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No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action
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Toxic waste, contaminated water, cancer clustersthese phrases suggest deception and irresponsibility. But more significantly, they are watchwords for a growing struggle between communities, corporations, and government. In No Safe Place, sociologists, public policy professionals, and activists will learn how residents of Woburn, Massachusetts discovered a childhood leukemia cluster and eventually sued two corporate giants. Their story gives rise t… More >>
No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action
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Toxic Exports: The Transfer of Hazardous Wastes from Rich to Poor Countries
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In recent years, international trade in toxic waste and hazardous technologies by firms in rich industrialized countries has emerged as a routine practice. Many poor countries have accepted these deadly imports but are ill equipped to manage the materials safely. For more than a decade, environmentalists and the governments of developing countries have lobbied intensively and generated public outcry in an attempt to halt hazardous transfers from Northern industriali… More >>
Toxic Exports: The Transfer of Hazardous Wastes from Rich to Poor Countries
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Toxic Waste: Hazardous Waste, Pollution, Industrial Revolution, Cosmetics, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Chemical Warfare, Radioactive Waste, Environmental Remediation
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It can be spread quite easily and can contaminate lakes and rivers. The term is often used interchangeably with ?hazardous waste?, or discarded material that can pose a long-term risk to health or environment. As with most pollution problems, toxic waste began to be a significant issue during the industrial revolution. It usually is the prod… More >>
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