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Author:

Steinzor, Rena.

Title:

Mother Earth and Uncle Sam : how pollution and hollow government hurt our kids / Rena I. Steinzor.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Environmentally induced diseases in children--United States.
Pollution--Government policy--United States.
Pollution--law and legislation--United States
Pollution--Health aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Children and the environment--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
Environmental Pollution--adverse effects--United States.
Environment--United States.
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects--United States.
Politics--United States
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects--United States.
United States Government Agencies--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.

Contents:

Predicates -- The rise of special-interest conservatism -- Battered-agency syndrome -- Corporations and the commons -- Mercury case study -- Perchlorate case study -- Ozone case study -- A question of values -- New government.

ISBN:

0292716907 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292716902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292716893 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292716896 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)129952363

LCCN:

2007019522

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)