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Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time

Healing America’s Chemical Wounds

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  • © 1991

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  1. Glenn E. Schweitzer
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Toxic Chemicals Move to Center Stage

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 1-34

  3. Controlling 3000 Chemicals

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 35-63

  4. The Uncertainty of Risk but the Reality of Cost

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 65-101

  5. Explaining Risks to an Aroused Public

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 103-128

  6. Cleaning Up the Wastes of an Industrial Economy

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 129-163

  7. The States Begin to Take Charge

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 165-187

  8. The Greening of Industry

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 189-212

  9. Exceeding the Absorptive Limits of the Global Commons

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 213-247

  10. The Power and Limitations of Science and Technology

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 249-270

  11. Living with Toxic Risks

    • Glenn E. Schweitzer
    Pages 271-280

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 281-298
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time

  • Book Subtitle: Healing America’s Chemical Wounds

  • Authors: Glenn E. Schweitzer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6140-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43766-3Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6140-2Published: 09 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 298

  • Topics: Nature Conservation, Ecotoxicology, Pollution, general

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