Sacrifice Zones
The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
$52.41
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2012
Summary
The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them reach a point at which they say “Enough is enough.” After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-related health problems, they start to take action-or…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262518178 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262518171 |
| Author: | Steve Lerner, Phil Brown |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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A significant complement to three decades of environmental justice research; it provides irrefutable empirical evidence that not all American communities are created equal.
—Robert D. Bullard, Environmental Health PerspectivesAbout The Author
Steve Lerner
Steve Lerner is the author of Eco-Pioneers- Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems (1998) and Diamond- A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor (2006), both published by the MIT Press.
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