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RECORD NUMBER: 303 OF 5208Main Title | Beyond the flames : one toxic dump, two decades of sorrow / | |||||||||||
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Author | Stranahan, Susan Q. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Philadelphia Inquirer}, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2000 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 46956636 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1588220036 (pbk.) : | |||||||||||
Subjects | Hazardous waste sites--Fires and fire prevention--Pennsylvania--Chester ; Wade Dump Fire, Chester, Pa, 1978 ; Fires--Casualties--Pennsylvania--Chester--Case studies ; Chester (Pa)--Fire--1978--Case studies | |||||||||||
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Collation | 175 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
Contents Notes | Chap. 1. An ordinary call to duty exacts a horrific price -- Chap. 2. A staggering chemical find: a warning never sounded -- Chap. 3. The scourge remains unattended -- Chap. 4. As their brothers die, firefighters seek answers -- Chap. 5. For Wade dumpers, jail time; for companies, an ultimatum -- Chap. 6. A life fades and a lawsuit takes shape -- Chap. 7. The settlement: putting a price on lives cut short -- Chap. 8. Who's next? The question that lingers 22 years after the fire -- The sick and the dead -- Epilogue -- Addendum. |