Green intelligence : health, environmental quality, and individual freedom /
Wargo, John, 1950-
Green intelligence : health, environmental quality, and individual freedom / John Wargo. - xxii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The legacy of nuclear testing -- Perfecting the art of terror -- The strontium-90 odyssey -- Experiments on humans -- Nuclear accidents -- Training for war, while wasting nature -- Sowing seeds of protest -- Ravaging landscapes and seacoasts -- Mercury -- Wasteland or wilderness? -- The business of pesticides -- Capitalizing on innocence -- Without warning -- The ddt dilemma -- What is acceptable risk? -- Breathing toxic air -- Airborne menace -- Who is most at risk? -- The trouble with diesel -- Lessons learned and emerging threats -- Forgotten lessons -- The quiet revolution in plastics -- Green intelligence -- Epilogue: taking personal control.
9780300110371 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009007814
Environmental quality.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental policy.
Nuclear accidents--Environmental aspects.
Air--Pollution.
Water--Pollution.
Pesticides--Environmental aspects.
GE140 / .W365 2009
363.7
Green intelligence : health, environmental quality, and individual freedom / John Wargo. - xxii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The legacy of nuclear testing -- Perfecting the art of terror -- The strontium-90 odyssey -- Experiments on humans -- Nuclear accidents -- Training for war, while wasting nature -- Sowing seeds of protest -- Ravaging landscapes and seacoasts -- Mercury -- Wasteland or wilderness? -- The business of pesticides -- Capitalizing on innocence -- Without warning -- The ddt dilemma -- What is acceptable risk? -- Breathing toxic air -- Airborne menace -- Who is most at risk? -- The trouble with diesel -- Lessons learned and emerging threats -- Forgotten lessons -- The quiet revolution in plastics -- Green intelligence -- Epilogue: taking personal control.
9780300110371 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009007814
Environmental quality.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental policy.
Nuclear accidents--Environmental aspects.
Air--Pollution.
Water--Pollution.
Pesticides--Environmental aspects.
GE140 / .W365 2009
363.7