Title: The dioxin war :
Authors: Allen, Robert,
Date: 2004
Publisher: Pluto Press,
Physical description: xvii, 201 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: Reveals the attempts by the chemical industry, in collusion with regulatory and health authorities, to cover up the true impact of dioxin on human health and tells the story of how a small, dedicated group of people managed to bring the truth about dioxin into the public domain and into the courts - and win. [publisher web site].
Contents: Chronology -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- What is dioxin? -- Prologue: The politics of truth -- Awkward questions: a dioxin spill in the mid-west -- Heart of darkness: phenoxy herbicides, Agent Orange and the Swedish doctors -- Ignorance is bliss: the poisoning in Missouri -- Toxic shock: deep rumbling sounds -- The EPA: a regulatory sleazefest -- Tears in the valleys: incinerator stories -- Epilogue: Challenging power and money -- Appendix: Bill Gaffey's work.
Subject headings (LCSH): Dioxins--Environmental aspects; Dioxins--Health aspects.; Dioxins--Toxicology