Toxic town [electronic resource] : IBM, pollution, and industrial risks / Peter C. Little
- Author
- Little, Peter C.
- Published
- New York : New York University Press, [2014]
- Physical Description
- xxi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- Contents
- Down in Big Blue's toxic plume in upstate New York -- The new mitigation landscape -- From shoes to computers to vapor mitigation systems -- Living the tangle of risk, deindustrialization, and community transformation -- Post-mitigation skepticism and frustration -- Grassroots action and conflicted environmental justice -- Citizens, experts, and emerging vapor intrusion science and policy -- Accounting for the paradox of IBM's "smarter planet".
- Subject(s)
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Hazardous waste sites—New York (State)—Endicott
- Hazardous waste site remediation—New York (State)—Endicott
- Computer industry—Environmental aspects—New York (State)—Endicott
- Computer industry—Waste disposal—Environmental aspects—New York (State)—Endicott
- Endicott (N.Y.)—Environmental conditions
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780814760697 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814770924 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-231) and index.
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