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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... harbor had already begun to appear. After we left town, the slow trickle of stories became a torrent, eventually landing Waukegan on the front page of national newspapers and on the network news. As the story evolved, my sister and I ...
... harbor had already begun to appear. After we left town, the slow trickle of stories became a torrent, eventually landing Waukegan on the front page of national newspapers and on the network news. As the story evolved, my sister and I ...
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... harbor. These fire- and pressure-resistant sub- stances were banned as possible cancer-causing chemicals in 1976, a year before I graduated from high school and the same year that lakefront pollution was first investigated by state and ...
... harbor. These fire- and pressure-resistant sub- stances were banned as possible cancer-causing chemicals in 1976, a year before I graduated from high school and the same year that lakefront pollution was first investigated by state and ...
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... harbor is today was once among the most productive 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 ...
... harbor is today was once among the most productive 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 ...
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... harbor — the John- son Motors Company , a division of the Outboard Marine Corporation - completed its $ 1.25 million plant.5 Waukegan's natural amenities and new harbor had clearly attracted new industries — what better place to test ...
... harbor — the John- son Motors Company , a division of the Outboard Marine Corporation - completed its $ 1.25 million plant.5 Waukegan's natural amenities and new harbor had clearly attracted new industries — what better place to test ...
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... harbor . As these advantages became known , the town grew steadily , with both industry and commercial fishing booming . The town's population increased all through the 1950s and 1960s , largely because of newcomers arriving to work in ...
... harbor . As these advantages became known , the town grew steadily , with both industry and commercial fishing booming . The town's population increased all through the 1950s and 1960s , largely because of newcomers arriving to work in ...
Índice
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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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