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Main Title Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy /
Author Thornton, Joe.
Publisher MIT Press,
Year Published 2000
OCLC Number 42746091
ISBN 0262201240 (hc : alk. paper)
Subjects Organochlorine compounds--Toxicology ; Organochlorine compounds--Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Environmental risk assessment ; Environmental impact analysis ; Organochlorine compounds--Environmental aspects
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EHAM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 12/29/2000
EIAM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 08/01/2003
EJCM  TOXIC SUBSTANCES LAW 2000 1315 AR-N Law Library/Washington,DC 09/08/2000
EJEM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 11/16/2001
EKBM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 04/26/2002
EOAM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 09/28/2009
ERAM  RA1242.C436T48 2000 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/21/2014
ESAM  RA1242.C43T48 2000 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 05/19/2000
Collation xii, 599 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. {457}-580) and index.
Contents Notes
The problem : a global health hazard -- Organochlorines around the world -- First-class poisons : the toxicology of organochlorines -- The damage done : health impacts in people and wildlife -- Organochlorines and cancer -- The cause : industrial chlorine chemistry -- Chlorine in nature and industry -- The chlorine business -- Chemistry out of control -- Major sources of organochlorine pollution -- The solution : a chlorine sunset -- An ecological policy on chlorine chemistry -- Beyond chlorine : the alternatives -- Good science, good politics.