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Auteur(s) : Davies, Kate (1956-...)
Titre(s) : The rise of the U.S. environmental health movement [Texte imprimé] / Kate Davies
Publication : Lanham (Md.) : Rowman & Littlefield publishers, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVIII-259 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Historical and Cultural Roots. The European ancestry of environmental health ; Early
environmental public health in the United States ; Environmentalism and economic growth
; The birth of the U.S. environmental health movement. ; The Contemporary Movement.
Organizations and issues ; Making environmental issues personal ; Precaution and the
limitations of science ; Environmental justice and the right to a healthy environment
; Changing economics, the markets, and business. ; Conclusion and next steps: strategies
for social change.
Note(s) : This book offers a comprehensive examination of the environmental health movement,
which unlike many parts of the environmental movement, focuses on ways toxic chemicals
and other hazardous agents in the environment effect human health and well-being.
Born in 1978 when Lois Gibbs organized her neighbors to protest the health effects
of a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York, the movement has spread across the
United States and throughout the world. By placing human health at the center of its
environmental argument, this movement has achieved many victories in community mobilization
and legislative reform. Here the author, an environmental health expert describes
the movement's historical, ideological, and cultural roots and analyzes its strategies
and successes. -- Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Hygiène du milieu -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Écologisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Écotoxicologie -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781442221376 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1442221372 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9781442222458 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 144222245X (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9781442221383
(ebk.). - ISBN 1442221380 (ebk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44355890s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44355890
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