Green intelligence
Subtitle: health, environmental quality, and individual freedom
By: John Wargo.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300110371
Subjects: Environmental quality; Environmental degradation; Environmental policy; Nuclear accidents -- Environmental aspects; Air pollution; Water pollution; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legacy of nuclear testing; title: Perfecting the art of terror; title: The strontium-90 odyssey; title: Experiments on humans; title: Nuclear accidents; title: Training for war, while wasting nature; title: Sowing seeds of protest; title: Ravaging landscapes and seacoasts; title: Mercury; title: Wasteland or wilderness?; title: The business of pesticides; title: Capitalizing on innocence; title: Without warning; title: The ddt dilemma; title: What is acceptable risk?; title: Breathing toxic air; title: Airborne menace; title: Who is most at risk?; title: The trouble with diesel; title: Lessons learned and emerging threats; title: Forgotten lessons; title: The quiet revolution in plastics; title: Green intelligence; title: Epilogue: taking personal control.