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Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins

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Summary
For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex. Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating exposé of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
xviii, 284 pages
Contents
  • A country bathed in man-made chemicals
  • The EPA nobody knows
  • Pest control: a matter of merchandising
  • The dioxin molecule of death
  • DDT: a new principle of toxicology
  • Why are the honeybees disappearing?
  • Agricultural warfare
  • The swamp: the big business of fraudulent science
  • Whistle-blowers and what they're up against
  • When will the well run dry?
  • Fallout
  • The hubris of the Reagan administration
  • From Reagan to Bush
  • The Obama administration: Yes, we can?
  • Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
Isbn
9781608199143
Instance
Label
Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA
Title
Poison spring
Title remainder
the secret history of pollution and the EPA
Statement of responsibility
E.G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins
Title variation
Secret history of pollution and the EPA
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex. Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating exposé of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission
Dewey number
363.730973
Index
index present
LC call number
TD170.93
LC item number
.V35 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
adult
Label
Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index
Contents
A country bathed in man-made chemicals -- The EPA nobody knows -- Pest control: a matter of merchandising -- The dioxin molecule of death -- DDT: a new principle of toxicology -- Why are the honeybees disappearing? -- Agricultural warfare -- The swamp: the big business of fraudulent science -- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against -- When will the well run dry? -- Fallout -- The hubris of the Reagan administration -- From Reagan to Bush -- The Obama administration: Yes, we can? -- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
Control code
sky259194495
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
xviii, 284 pages
Isbn
9781608199143
Lccn
2013041923
System control number
i9781608199143
Label
Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index
Contents
A country bathed in man-made chemicals -- The EPA nobody knows -- Pest control: a matter of merchandising -- The dioxin molecule of death -- DDT: a new principle of toxicology -- Why are the honeybees disappearing? -- Agricultural warfare -- The swamp: the big business of fraudulent science -- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against -- When will the well run dry? -- Fallout -- The hubris of the Reagan administration -- From Reagan to Bush -- The Obama administration: Yes, we can? -- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
Control code
sky259194495
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
xviii, 284 pages
Isbn
9781608199143
Lccn
2013041923
System control number
i9781608199143

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