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Green intelligence : creating environments that protect human health
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- Creator
- John Wargo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0300156383, 1282352938, 0300110375, 9780300110371, 9786612352935, 9781282352933, 9780300156386
- OCLC
- ocn923594026, ocn149490240, ocn635947411
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-356) and index.
- The legacy of nuclear testing -- Perfecting the art of terror -- The strontium-90 odyssey -- Experiments on humans -- Nuclear accidents -- Training for war, while wasting nature -- Sowing seeds of protest -- Ravaging landscapes and seacoasts -- Mercury -- Wasteland or wilderness? -- The business of pesticides -- Capitalizing on innocence -- Without warning -- The DDT dilemma -- What is acceptable risk? -- Breathing toxic air -- Airborne menace -- Who is most at risk? -- The trouble with diesel -- Lessons learned and emerging threats -- Forgotten lessons -- The quiet revolution in plastics -- Green intelligence -- Epilogue: taking personal control
Subjects
- Environmental Pollution.
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- Conservation of Natural Resources.
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- Environmental Health.
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- Pesticides -- adverse effects.
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- Radioactive Hazard Release.
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- Environmental health.
- Environmental quality.
- Environmental degradation.
- Environmental policy.
- Nuclear accidents -- Environmental aspects.
- Air -- Pollution.
- Water -- Pollution.
- Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
- Ecotoxicology.
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- Air Pollution.
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- Water Pollution.
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- Radioactive Pollutants.
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- Radioactive Hazard Release.
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- Pesticide Residues.
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- Environmental Restoration and Remediation.
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- Green Chemistry Technology.
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