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Author Little, Peter C., author.

Title Toxic town : IBM, pollution, and industrial risks / Peter C. Little.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations, map
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject 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/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Little, Peter C. Toxic town : IBM, pollution, and industrial risks. New York : New York University Press, [2014] xxi, 242 pages ; 23 cm 9780814760697
ISBN 9780814760697 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814770924 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814764510 (e-book)

 
    
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