Book ID: CBB422208077

Tainted earth: Smelters, public health, and the environment (2014)

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Marianne Sullivan (Author)


Rutgers University Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 238
Language: English

Smelting is an industrial process involving the extraction of metal from ore. During this process, impurities in ore—including arsenic, lead, and cadmium—may be released from smoke stacks, contaminating air, water, and soil with toxic-heavy metals. 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. Marianne Sullivan documents the response from community residents, public health scientists, the industry, and the government to pollution from smelters as well as the long road to protecting public health and the environment. Placing the environmental and public health aspects of smelting in historical context, the book connects local incidents to national stories on the regulation of airborne toxic metals.

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Authors & Contributors
Duffin, Andrew Philip
Bradley D. Snow
Troia, Matthew M.
David Bond
Stranges, John B.
Arthur Firstenberg
Concepts
Environmental history
Environmental pollution
Public health
Health
Ecology
Carcinogens
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Texas (U.S.)
Washington (state, U.S.)
Idaho (U.S.)
Mexico
Great Britain
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