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Waste Not Want Not : the Production and Dumping of Toxic Waste

By Robert Allen

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2013
ISBN
9781134060221, 113406022X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9935900 bytes)
Series
Environmentalism and Politics Set
Pages
258 pages\258
Time added
2014-07-04 17:00:00

Description

No-one wants toxic waste dumped in their back yard. Dioxins and furans from incinerators, dangerous chemicals leaching from landfill sites and the apparently random dumping of nuclear waste are all clear threats to our health and lives. In fact any waste not properly dealt with can become dangerous - yet industry and state seem to collude recklessly in its production. Robert Allen describes the waste produced in Britain and Ireland and the woefully inadequate means of dealing with it. He looks, too, at governmental intransigence and dishonesty and at industry's refusal to consider the needs of. Read more...

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