Francis O. Adeola

Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact

Health Effects and Environmental Justice Struggles Around the Globe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the post-World War II period, modern societies have developed numerous heterogeneous synthetic organic compounds released into the environment and human habitats. This book addresses the threats posed by these contaminants and other hazardous wastes to human health and the health of other species in the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780739147467
• ISBN-10: 0739147463
• Artikelnr.: 36055111

Autorenporträt

Francis O. Adeola is professor of sociology at the University of New Orleans.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Hazardous Wastes, Theories of Industrial Disaster and Population at
Risk Chapter 1: Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Unnatural Disasters, and
Health Risks Chapter 2: Hazardous and Toxic Wastes: Modern Social Problem
or Plague Our Time? Chapter 3: Theories of Industrial Accidents, Disasters,
and Catastrophes Chapter 4: Classification and Characterization of
Hazardous Wastes Part II. Electronic Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants,
and Health Effects Chapter 5: Electronic Waste: The Detritus of the
High-Tech Revolution Chapter 6: The Hazards and Environmental Health Risks
of Persistent Organic Pollutants Part III. Contaminated Communities,
National and Transnational Regulatory Responses Chapter 7: Communities
Contaminated by Industrial Disasters and Toxic Wastes Chapter 8: National
and Transnational Regulatory Frameworks Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 9: From
Local to Global Environmental Justice Movements Appendix I: Principles of
Environmental Justice (PEJ)