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"The Control of Alkali Pollution in St. Helens, 1862–1890"
The attempts of Angus Smith and his colleagues to control alkali pollution after 1863 are usually seen as being a success…
The attempts of Angus Smith and his colleagues to control alkali pollution after 1863 are usually seen as being a success…
A case study of beach pollution illustrates economic and political influences that have shaped environmental policy in Britain.
This article examines how riparian law governed the disposal of industrial wastes into watercourses in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Studying the contents of each work shows which authors were merely copying the Greek theory of humours and miasma, and which made genuine contributions to the field.