"A publication of the Environmental Health Fund, Boston, Massachusetts." Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-466) and index.
Contents:
In the blood: the Dow body burden -- House of wonders: how a small Michigan bleach maker became a corporate giant -- Dow goes to war: napalm, Agent Orange, and 2,4,5-T -- Dioxin in the dark: the slow coming-to-light of a nasty chemical -- Dowicides: beating the bugs, poisoning the well -- 'Saving' 2,4-D: fifty years of a toxic herbicide -- Plastic: 'Ben, I just want to say one word to you' -- Taken to the cleaners: solvents take away the grease & grime and more -- Rocky flats: plutonium pollution & messy management -- Poisoning Canada: mercury, toxic trains, & bad air -- Dow environmentalism: Dow's 'greening', politics, & P.R. -- Silicone: chemicals in women: the implant fiasco -- Men at work: poisons on the job & busting unions -- The DBCP saga: 'no sperm seem' -- 'Dow water': pollution & peril in Louisiana -- Danger zones: the chemistry doesn't always stay in the container -- Big in Texas" in Brazoria County, it's all Dow -- Trouble in New Zealand: Agent Orange leftovers & Ivon Watkins-Dow -- Time & the Tittabawassee: Dow fouls a Michigan river and people's lives -- Union carbide: outlaw corporation acquired by Dow -- No trespassing: defining new boundaries.
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