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Examines the indiscriminate disposal of toxic waste worldwide
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As Jessica Mitford's cover blurb points out, this book is almost literally an exercise in muckraking. The Center for Investigative Reporting has roamed the world in search of America's toxic muck and raked it up by the ton in Canada, China, Mexico, Nigeria and other places either too poor or too sparsely populated to withstand the poisonous onslaught. Prepared as a companion text for a PBS Frontline program, Global Dumping Ground personalizes and dramatizes the issue by focusing on the human tragedies resulting from the often criminally negligent disposal abroad of more than 500 million tons of waste a year. After a short but intriguing chapter on possible solutions to the problem, the book concludes with an extensive bibliography and documentary list as well as a roster of relevant treaties and international organizations. More a call to arms than an in-depth analysis, this is nevertheless one of the most accessible introductions to the problem of waste available today. With schools and community groups increasingly concerned with ecological issues, it belongs in libraries and bookstores across the country. -- From Independent Publisher
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The result of four years work by the Center for Investigative Reporting for a television documentary, this book (prefaced by Moyers) paints a grim picture. Landfills leak. Incinerators spew. The United States produces one ton of hazardous waste per year for each person in the nation. American public awareness is high, but primarily of the not-in-my-backyard variety, leading to a growing international trade in toxic waste with the United States as net exporter. Taking the path of least effort, industrialists avoid the stringencies of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and contract to have their "toxic stews" shipped across borders. Global Dumping examines the human costs of this shortsighted attitude and asks what we intend to do about it. Recommended.
- Diane M. Brown, Univ. of California Lib., Berkeley
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Diane M. Brown, Univ. of California Lib., Berkeley
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherSeven Locks Pr
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 093202095X
- ISBN 13 9780932020956
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages152
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Book Description Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xvii, [1], 152, [6] p. The traffic in hazardous waste is a booming business. This book reveals the dangers facing our planet due to a lucrative and scandal-ridden business. The result of four years work by the Center for Investigative Reporting for a television documentary, this book paints a grim picture. Landfills leak. Incinerators spew. The United States produces one ton of hazardous waste per year for each person in the nation. American public awareness is high, but primarily of the not-in-my-backyard variety, leading to a growing international trade in toxic waste shipped across borders. Global Dumping examines the human costs of this shortsighted attitude and asks what we intend to do about it. From Wikipedia: "Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and liberal political commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. Moyers has been extensively involved with public broadcasting, producing documentaries and news journal programs. He has won numerous awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities. He has become well known as a trenchant critic of the U.S. media (particularly modern, corporately structured news media). Moyers is a member of the Bilderberg Group[1] and since 1990 has been president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy." From Wikipedia: "The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in Berkeley, California. The Center has conducted investigative journalism since 1977. The organization is well known for producing stories that reveal scandals or corruption in government agencies and corporations. In 2010, CIR launched its California Watch reporting project and in 2012, it merged with The Bay Citizen. Its 2012 budget is approximately $11 million. The current business model emphasizes cooperation with partners and other news outlets rather than competition, although the Center charges outlets that publish or broadcast its content." Good. Highlighting/underlining. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some highlighting and ink comments noted. Seller Inventory # 69035
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