TY - BOOK AU - Sullivan,Marianne TI - Tainted earth: smelters, public health, and the environment T2 - Critical issues in health and medicine SN - 9780813562803 AV - RA576 .T356 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Pollution KW - Texas KW - Idaho KW - Washington (State) KW - Environmental Pollution KW - history KW - adverse effects KW - Industrial Waste KW - History, 20th Century KW - Extraction and Processing Industry KW - Carcinogens, Environmental KW - toxicity KW - Toxicity KW - Washington KW - Environmental pollution KW - Adverse effects KW - History KW - Extraction and processing industry KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; The Tacoma Smelter --; City of destiny, city of smoke --; Uncovering a crisis in El Paso --; Bunker Hill --; Tacoma : a disaster is discovered --; A carcinogenic threat --; Sacrificed; 2; b N2 - Thoroughly grounded in extensive archival research, Tainted Earth traces the rise of public health concerns about nonferrous smelting in the western United States, focusing on three major facilities: Tacoma, Washington; El Paso, Texas; and Bunker Hill, Idaho. It documents the response from community residents, public health scientists, the industry, and the government to pollution from smelters and the long road to protecting public health and the environment UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=688137&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -