Eco-disasters What Happened and How to Prevent Them /
This book consists of 7 parts covering 42 representative environmental disasters. Part 1 introduces representative disasters in Europe, America, and Asia in the 19th century. Part 2 covers disasters related to the atmosphere. Part 3 deals with disasters caused by water and food affected by heavy met...
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- Part 1: Before the 20th Century
- Chapter 1. London Cholera Outbreak
- Chapter 2. Chicago Typhoid Outbreak
- Chapter 3. Ashio Mine Disaster
- Part 2: Polluting the Air We Breathe
- Chapter 4. Donora Smog
- Chapter 5. London Great Smog
- Chapter 6. Los Angeles Smog
- Chapter 7. Yokkaichi Asthma
- Chapter 8. Mexico City Air Pollution
- Part 3: Poisoned Water and Food
- Chapter 9. Minamata Disease
- Chapter 10. Hinkley Chromium
- Chapter 11. Itai-Itai Disease
- Chapter 12. Milwaukee Cryptosporidium Outbreak
- Chapter 13. Niigata Mercury Poisoning
- Chapter 14. Michigan PBB
- Chapter 15. Kanemi Oil PCB
- Chapter 16. Woburn Groundwater Contamination
- Part 4: Sick and Poisoned Nature
- Chapter 17. Clear Lake DDD
- Chapter 18. Vietnam War Herbicide
- Chapter 19. Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill
- Chapter 20. Love Canal
- Chapter 21. Darling River Algal Bloom
- Chapter 22. Guatemala Shellfish Poisoning
- Chapter 23. Times Beach Dioxin
- Chapter 24. Gulf War Eco-Terror
- Part 5: Nuclear and Industrial Accidents
- Chapter 25. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
- Chapter 26. Bhopal Gas Catastrophe
- Chapter 27. Rhine River Basel Chemical Spill
- Chapter 28. Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
- Chapter 29. Seveso Toxic Cloud
- Chapter 30. James River Kepone
- Chapter 31. Goiânia Cesium Tragedy
- Chapter 32. Nakdong River Phenol Leak
- Chapter 33. Tokaimura Fukushima Nuclear Accidents
- Part 6: Dangerous Modern Living Environment
- Chapter 34. Philadelphia Legionnaires Outbreak
- Chapter 35. Stanley Watras Radon Story
- Chapter 36. Humidifier Disinfectant Catastrophe
- Chapter 37. San Diego Electromagnetic Radiation Mystery
- Part 7: Cross-border Disputes and Planet in Danger
- Chapter 38. Scandinavian Acid Rain
- Chapter 39. Jordan River Water War
- Chapter 40. Koko Toxic Waste Dumping
- Chapter 41. Sahel Desertification
- Chapter 42. Ozone Layer Depletion.