Rise of the U.S. environmental health movement [electronic resource] / Kate Davies.

9781442221383 (electronic book)
9781442222458

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2013.

English

1 online resource (xxviii, 259 pages)

RA566.3 .D38 2013eb

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the environmental health movement, which unlike many parts of the environmental movement, focuses on ways toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents in the environment effect human health and well-being. Born in 1978 when Lois Gibbs organized her neighbors to protest the health effects of a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York, the movement has spread across the United States and throughout the world. By placing human health at the center of its environmental argument, this movement has achieved many victories in community mobilization and legislative reform. Here the author, an environmental health expert describes the movement's historical, ideological, and cultural roots and analyzes its strategies and successes. -- Publisher's description.

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