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Copper stain : Asarco's legacy in El Paso
Title
Copper stain : Asarco's legacy in El Paso / Elaine Hampton and Cynthia C. Ontiveros.
ISBN
9780806161778
0806161779
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Physical Description
vii, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2019
Series
The environment in modern North America series ; volume 1
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Setting and participants
From mountain to metal ingot
A field of land mines
Illegal hazardous waste and deception
Disease and death
The El Paso Smelter's pollutants
Lead pollution and its effects in the border area
Health effects of exposure to Smelter pollutants
Danny Arellano and community activism
Environmental injustice and its systemic violence
Asarco's symbolic violence
Research methodology.
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