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Trade Review"
Tainted Earth stands out as a compelling demonstration of just how central lead and copper smelters were to the making of our modern science and regulation of environmental pollution in the United States. The research and writing on display are smoothly woven and in places, inspired." -- Christopher Sellers * Stony Brook University *
"Sullivan’s comparative study is unique; she sets many of the regulatory problems of smelters into a firm analytical framework that will be useful for many years." -- Christian Warren * Brooklyn College *
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Tainted Earth provides a detailed history, with a technical focus, of the environmental impact of three metal smelters located in Tacoma, Washington, El Paso, Texas, and Kellogg, Idaho. This is a well-documented story, providing a warning to other nations where the smelters now glow."
* Choice *
"Sullivan weaves compelling stories of communities where children's health was irreversibly damaged by heavy metal pollution following smelting industry efforts to downplay and obfuscate the risks of pollution, and efforts to stave off environmental regulation. Well-written and engaging...
Tainted Earth will appeal to students oand professionals across a variety of fields, including public health, history of science, toxicology, geography, and environmental policy." * Global Public Health *
"Marianne Sullivan's
Tainted Earth makes a major contribution to the complex history of smelter smoke." * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *
Table of ContentsList of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Tacoma Smelter
2. City of Destiny, City of Smoke
3. Uncovering a Crisis in El Paso
4. Bunker Hill
5. Tacoma: A Disaster Is Discovered
6. A Carcinogenic Threat
7. Sacrificed
Conclusion
Notes
Index
