Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic LegacyIsland Press, 18 mar 2010 - 208 páginas On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise has been Nancy Nichols’ mission for more than a decade. Lake Effect is the story of her investigation. It reaches back to their childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, an industrial town on Lake Michigan once known for good factory jobs and great fishing. Now Waukegan is famous for its Superfund sites: as one resident put it, asbestos to the north, PCBs to the south. Drawing on her experience as a journalist, Nichols interviewed dozens of scientists, doctors, and environmentalists to determine if these pollutants could have played a role in her sister’s death. While researching Sue’s cancer, she discovered her own: a vicious though treatable form of pancreatic cancer. Doctors and even family urged her to forget causes and concentrate on cures, but Nichols knew that it was relentless questioning that had led to her diagnosis. And that it is questioning—by government as well as individuals—that could save other lives. Lake Effect challenges us to ask why. It is the fulfillment of a sister’s promise. And it is a call to stop the pollution that is endangering the health of all our families. |
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... fishing spots in all the Great Lakes, known for its record hauls of perch and whitefish. Waukegan was not a natural port, however. There was no inlet or naturally protected area to serve as a harbor. As a result, locals eager to grab a ...
... fishing spots in all the Great Lakes, known for its record hauls of perch and whitefish. Waukegan was not a natural port, however. There was no inlet or naturally protected area to serve as a harbor. As a result, locals eager to grab a ...
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... fish. Manufacturers enjoyed a unique location accessible to an important rail line and the harbor. As these advantages became known, the town grew steadily, with both industry and commercial fishing booming. The town's population ...
... fish. Manufacturers enjoyed a unique location accessible to an important rail line and the harbor. As these advantages became known, the town grew steadily, with both industry and commercial fishing booming. The town's population ...
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... fish caught in the lake. In the 1980s and 1990s, factories along the lake closed one by one—victims of increased regulation, high costs of court-ordered cleanups, foreign competition, poor management, and outdated technologies. When the ...
... fish caught in the lake. In the 1980s and 1990s, factories along the lake closed one by one—victims of increased regulation, high costs of court-ordered cleanups, foreign competition, poor management, and outdated technologies. When the ...
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... fish. Another sign told fisherman what to do with asbestoscoated pipe or other asbestos material should it wash up on- shore. There was a game warden and some bird-watchers on the pierjust north of where my sister and I used to swim. I ...
... fish. Another sign told fisherman what to do with asbestoscoated pipe or other asbestos material should it wash up on- shore. There was a game warden and some bird-watchers on the pierjust north of where my sister and I used to swim. I ...
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... abandoned buildings. Tall native prairie grasses grew between broken boards bent over by Lake Michigan winds. Bradbury was right. It was eerily beautiful. chapter three Coho Capital ofthe World Whether you are fishing. 17 Green Town.
... abandoned buildings. Tall native prairie grasses grew between broken boards bent over by Lake Michigan winds. Bradbury was right. It was eerily beautiful. chapter three Coho Capital ofthe World Whether you are fishing. 17 Green Town.
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Coho Capital of the World | 19 |
The False Center of the Collage | 27 |
Lake Michigan Legacy | 35 |
A Marked Woman | 53 |
Miasma | 63 |
Hitchhiking Hormones | 73 |
Destiny | 99 |
Why Ask Why? | 111 |
Proof | 123 |
Epilogue | 135 |
Acknowledgments | 141 |
Notes | 145 |
Selected Bibliography | 163 |
Index | 171 |
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Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy Nancy A. Nichols No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy Nancy A. Nichols No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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