Toxic Town : : IBM, Pollution, and Industrial Risks / / Peter C. Little.
Shows the risks of high-tech pollution through a study of an IBM plant's effects on a New York townIn 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one o...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- 1. Down in Big Blue’s Toxic Plume in Upstate New York
- 2. The New Mitigation Landscape
- 3. From Shoes to Computers to Vapor Mitigation Systems
- 4. Living the Tangle of Risk, Deindustrialization, and Community Transformation
- 5. Post-Mitigation Skepticism and Frustration
- 6. Grassroots Action and Conflicted Environmental Justice
- 7. Citizens, Experts, and Emerging Vapor Intrusion Science and Policy
- 8. Accounting for the Paradox of IBM’s “Smarter Planet”
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author