Includes bibliographical references (p. {247}-358) and index.

Through the looking glass -- Fireworks at forsyth -- Opposite sides of the atlantic -- General groves's problem -- General groves's solution: dr. harold hodge and the university of rochester -- How the manhattan project sold us fluoride: newburgh, harshaw, and jim conant's use -- A subterranean channel of secret keeping -- Robert kehoe and the kettering laboratory -- Donora: "a rich man's hocus pocus" -- Donora: the public health service investigation -- As vital to our national life as a spark plug to a motor car -- Engineering consent -- Showdown in the west: martin vs. reynolds metals -- Fluorine lawyers and government dentists: "a very worthwhile contribution" -- Buried science, buried workers -- Hurricane creek: the people rule -- The damage is done.