Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA - Rilegato

Vallianatos, E.G.; Jenkins, McKay

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ISBN 10: 1608199142 ISBN 13: 9781608199143

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Press, 2014

Riassunto

An insider's gripping account of how political pressure and corporate co-optation have undermined the Environmental Protection Agency, with devastating effects on public safety and the natural world.

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Informazioni sull'autore

E.G. Vallianatos is the author of five books, including Harvest of Devastation and This Land is their Land, as well as over two hundred articles, including recent pieces in Alternet and Truth-Out.org. He is a blogger for The Huffington Post. Previously, he worked in risk evaluation at the EPA for twenty-five years, and now lives in Claremont, California. His co-author McKay Jenkins has been writing about humans and the natural world for just as long. His most recent book is What's Gotten Into Us: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World, was hailed as "a Silent Spring for the human body" (--Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone). Jenkins is the Cornelius Tilghman Professor of English, Journalism and Environmental Humanities at the University of Delaware, where he has won the Excellence in Teaching Award.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608199142
• ISBN 13: 9781608199143
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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