When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution
Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution
$56.90
- Paperback
316 pages
- Release Date
24 December 2003
Summary
In "When Smoke Ran Like Water," the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis confronts the public triumphs and private failures of her lifelong battle against environmental pollution. She documents the shocking toll of a public-health disaster-300,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and Europe from the effects of pollution-and asks why we remain silent. For Davis, the issue is personal: Pollution is what killed many in her family and forced some of the others, survivors of the 19…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465015221 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465015220 |
| Author: | Devra Davis |
| Publisher: | Basic Books (AZ) |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 316 |
| Release Date: | 24 December 2003 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 135mm x 203mm |
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About The Author
Devra Davis
Devra Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., is the Director of the centre for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health. She was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in 1994 and also served as Scholar in Residence at the National Academy of Science. She works in Pittsburgh, and lives in Washington, D.C. She is married to Richard D. Morgenstern and has two children and two grandchildren.
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