The Resource Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos ; with McKay Jenkins
Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos ; with McKay Jenkins
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- Summary
- "Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food. These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long after they are deposited, and constitute, in the words of one scientist, "biologic death bombs with a delayed time fuse and which may prove to be, in the long run, as dangerous to the existence of mankind as the arsenal of atom bombs." All of these poisons are sanctioned--or in some cases, ignored--by the EPA. For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex. Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating exposé of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission. Half a century after after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring awakened us to the dangers of pesticides, we are poisoning our lands and waters with more toxic chemicals than ever" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 284 pages
- Contents
-
- A country bathed in man-made chemicals
- The EPA nobody knows
- Pest control : a matter of merchandising
- The dioxin molecule of death
- DDT : a new principle of toxicology
- Why are the honeybees disappearing?
- Agricultural warfare
- The swamp : the big business of fraudulent science
- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against
- When will the well run dry?
- Fallout
- The hubris of the Reagan administration
- From Reagan to Bush
- The Obama administration : Yes, we can?
- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
- Isbn
- 9781608199143
- Label
- Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA
- Title
- Poison spring
- Title remainder
- the secret history of pollution and the EPA
- Statement of responsibility
- E.G. Vallianatos ; with McKay Jenkins
- Subject
-
- Environmental responsibility -- United States
- Pollution -- Research -- United States
- United States
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- truePollution
- trueUnited States
- truePolitics and global affairs -- Environmental issues and policies
- trueEnvironmental responsibility -- United States
- trueCorruption
- trueCorporate power
- Corporate power -- United States
- trueEnvironmental law
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- trueEnvironmental policy -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food. These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long after they are deposited, and constitute, in the words of one scientist, "biologic death bombs with a delayed time fuse and which may prove to be, in the long run, as dangerous to the existence of mankind as the arsenal of atom bombs." All of these poisons are sanctioned--or in some cases, ignored--by the EPA. For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex. Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating exposé of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission. Half a century after after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring awakened us to the dangers of pesticides, we are poisoning our lands and waters with more toxic chemicals than ever" --
- Summary
- An insider's account discusses how political pressure and corporate co-optation have undermined the Environmental Protection Agency, with devastating effects on public safety and the natural world
- Assigning source
- from publisher's web site
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10301068
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 363.730973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD170.93
- LC item number
- .V35 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the secret history of pollution and the EPA
- Label
- Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos ; with McKay Jenkins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A country bathed in man-made chemicals -- The EPA nobody knows -- Pest control : a matter of merchandising -- The dioxin molecule of death -- DDT : a new principle of toxicology -- Why are the honeybees disappearing? -- Agricultural warfare -- The swamp : the big business of fraudulent science -- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against -- When will the well run dry? -- Fallout -- The hubris of the Reagan administration -- From Reagan to Bush -- The Obama administration : Yes, we can? -- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
- Control code
- 20250685
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608199143
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013041923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn849210827
- (OCoLC)849210827
- Label
- Poison spring : the secret history of pollution and the EPA, E.G. Vallianatos ; with McKay Jenkins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A country bathed in man-made chemicals -- The EPA nobody knows -- Pest control : a matter of merchandising -- The dioxin molecule of death -- DDT : a new principle of toxicology -- Why are the honeybees disappearing? -- Agricultural warfare -- The swamp : the big business of fraudulent science -- Whistle-blowers and what they're up against -- When will the well run dry? -- Fallout -- The hubris of the Reagan administration -- From Reagan to Bush -- The Obama administration : Yes, we can? -- Better living and a healthier natural world through small family farms
- Control code
- 20250685
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 284 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608199143
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013041923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn849210827
- (OCoLC)849210827
Subject
- trueCorporate power
- Corporate power -- United States
- trueCorruption
- trueEnvironmental law
- trueEnvironmental policy -- United States
- Environmental responsibility -- United States
- trueEnvironmental responsibility -- United States
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- truePolitics and global affairs -- Environmental issues and policies
- truePollution
- Pollution -- Research -- United States
- United States
- trueUnited States
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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