The Environmental Pendulum: A Quest for the Truth About Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, and Environmental Protection

The Environmental Pendulum: A Quest for the Truth About Toxic Chemicals, Human Health, and Environmental Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 1-338

  Freeze, R Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

chemicals; civil action; conservation; corporate america; corporate responsibility; dumping chemicals; ecology; environment; environmental contamination; environmental policy; environmental regulations; environmental science; environmentalism; government policy; green policies; groundwater; hazardous waste; health; legal system; legislation; nature; nonfiction; politics; public health; science; social issues; superfund; toxic waste; toxins

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EID: 85164878010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1525/9780520340671     Document Type: Book

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