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Author:
Dracos, Ted.
Title:
Biocidal : confronting the poisonous legacy of PCBs / Ted Dracos.
Publisher:
Beacon Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
p. ; cm.
Subject:
Polychlorinated biphenyls--Toxicology.
Polychlorinated biphenyls--Environmental effect.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls--history--United States.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls--poisoning--United States.
Environmental Pollutants--history--United States.
Environmental Pollutants--poisoning--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The man who poisoned the planet -- The good ol' boys of Monsanto -- The long con -- The discovery -- The global poison -- PCBs and kids -- Adult realities -- PCBs, breast cancer, and hidden agendas -- Killer whales and the weight -- A lethal erosion of the biosphere -- The devil's gamble -- The politiks of PCBs -- The epiphany -- GE and the jacking of the Hudson -- The inevitability of nothing -- Precautionary agonistes -- Epigenetics, PCBs, and us.
ISBN:
0807006122
9780807006122 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2010013432
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)
DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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