The Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment

Explains How The Chemical Industry, Aided By A Compliant Government, Was Able To Spread A Wide Variety Of Pollutants Beginning In The Years Following World War Ii, Despite The Fact That The Environmental Dangers Of Such New Synthetic Chemical Products As Ddt And Nylon Were Known By Both Industry And The Scientific Community. The Sorcerer's Apprentices -- Summoning The Spirits. Pollution Goes To Washington ; The Rise Of The Chemical Industry ; Royd Sayers' Service Bureau -- Fetching A Flood. The Miracle Bug-killer ; Wilhelm Hueper And Environmental Cancer ; Bad Air In Los Angeles ; Donora's Strangler Smog ; A New Deal For Clean Water ; Deregulation California's Water ; The Stealth Pollutants -- Holding Back The Deluge. Dupont Tries To Clean Up ; The Industry Responds ; From Donora To Love Canal -- Convenient Hopes And Inconvenient Truths. Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [177]-213) And Index.