000316026 000__ 01876cam\a2200277\a\4500 000316026 001__ 316026 000316026 005__ 20210513114646.0 000316026 008__ 060831s2007\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\000\0\eng\\ 000316026 010__ $$a 2006049674 000316026 020__ $$a9780060730895 000316026 020__ $$a0060730897 000316026 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm71266565 000316026 035__ $$a316026 000316026 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dOMP$$dYDXCP$$dBUR$$dC#P$$dOUN 000316026 049__ $$aISEA 000316026 05000 $$aRA642.W3$$bM67 2007 000316026 08200 $$a614.4/3$$222 000316026 1001_ $$aMorris, Robert D.,$$d1956- 000316026 24514 $$aThe blue death :$$bdisease, disaster and the water we drink /$$cRobert D. Morris. 000316026 250__ $$a1st ed. 000316026 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bHarperCollins Publishers,$$cc2007. 000316026 300__ $$a310 p. :$$bill. ; 24 cm. 000316026 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000316026 520__ $$aEnvironmental epidemiologist Morris chronicles the at times frightening story of our drinking water. He recounts the epidemics that have shaken cities and nations, the scientists who reached into the invisible and emerged with controversial truths that would save millions of lives, and the economic and political forces that opposed these researchers in a ferocious war of ideas. In the gritty world of nineteenth-century England, a physician proved that cholera could be hidden in a drop of water. In the twentieth century, burgeoning cities subdued cholera and typhoid by building massive filtration plants, and bubbling poisonous chlorine gas through their drinking water. However, in the new millennium, waterborne disease is threatening to reemerge, and research has linked chlorine treatment with cancer and stillbirths. Morris dispels notions of fail-safe water systems, revealing some shocking truths: miles of leaking water mains, constantly evolving microorganisms, and the looming threat of bioterrorism.--From publisher description. 000316026 650_0 $$aWaterborne infection$$xHistory. 000316026 85200 $$bgen$$hRA642.W3$$iM67$$i2007 000316026 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:316026$$pGLOBAL_SET 000316026 980__ $$aBIB 000316026 980__ $$aBOOK 000316026 994__ $$aC0$$bISE