Roundtable Review of Toxic Bodies by Nancy Langston
In Toxic Bodies Langston tells us of the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES), a hormone disruptor that doctors prescribed to pregnant women for decades in the mid-twentieth century.
In Toxic Bodies Langston tells us of the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES), a hormone disruptor that doctors prescribed to pregnant women for decades in the mid-twentieth century.
A collection of essays exploring the production and disposal of wastes in the American city since 1850.
Thorough compilation, exhaustive research, and precise chronology are the hallmarks of this work on the Hanford Site Historic District, a plutonium production facility that operated from 1943 to 1990.
In Hanford: A Conversation About Nuclear Waste and Cleanup, Roy Gephart takes us on a journey through a world of facts, values, conflicts, and choices facing the most complex environmental cleanup project in the United States, the US Department of Energy’s Hanford Site.
On the use, abuse, and regulation of pesticides from World War II until 1970.
Silent Spring describes the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment, and is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement.
Child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.