Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks

Local and Global Environmental Struggles

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | 2015
ISBN13: 9781137517760
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The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations

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ISBN13:9781137517760
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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PART I: HAZARDOUS WASTES, DISASTERS AND HEALTH RISKS Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as Social Problems Taxonomy of Hazardous Wastes PART II: ELECTRONIC WASTES, PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, AND HEALTH EFFECTS Electronic Waste: The Dark Side of High-Tech Revolution Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Compounds PART III: CONTAMINATED COMMUNITIES AND REGULATORY RESPONSES Communities Contaminated by Toxic Wastes and Industrial Disasters: Selected Cases The Regulatory Frameworks PART IV: CONCLUSION Critical Environmental Justice Movement
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        Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks