Main Title |
Diagnosis mercury : money, politics, and poison / |
Author |
Hightower, Jane M.
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Publisher |
Island Press/Shearwater Books, |
Year Published |
2009 |
OCLC Number |
191927211 |
ISBN |
9781597263955 (cloth : alk. paper); 1597263958 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Mercury--Toxicology ;
Mercury wastes--Political aspects ;
Mercury--Environmental aspects ;
Mercury--Government policy--United States ;
Mercury--toxicity
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EOAM |
RA1231.M5H54 2009 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/04/2009 |
ESAM |
RA1231.M5H54 2009 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
08/31/2009 |
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Collation |
xii, 307 p. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index. |
Contents Notes |
The discovery -- Finding my way -- The media meets the victims -- Spreading the news -- A spoonful of mercury -- Making money with a menace -- The summit -- Feeling the heat in mercury politics -- The Canadian mercury scare -- Dr Sa'Adoun al-Tikriti -- Fishy loaves -- Fishing with the FDA for evidence in Iraq -- Fishing with the industry for evidence in Iraq -- From American Samoa to Peru -- The political realm of Seychelles versus Faroes -- The mercury study report -- Strategic errors and redundant tactics -- The canning of proposition 65 mercury warnings -- Diagnosis mercury. |
Place Published |
Washington, DC |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2009 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2008022550 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20090825202837 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02025cam 2200409 a 45020 |