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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... or dirty or untamed in comparison. Part sister, part mother, part friend, Sue handed me my first tampon, taught me how to shave my legs, and told me about sex — although I later used to tease her 1 Ch. 1: The Used-Car Salesman's Daughters.
... or dirty or untamed in comparison. Part sister, part mother, part friend, Sue handed me my first tampon, taught me how to shave my legs, and told me about sex — although I later used to tease her 1 Ch. 1: The Used-Car Salesman's Daughters.
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... later used to tease her that I never quite had the earth - shaking , sheet - rattling experience that she summoned up in our less than scientific little chats . " How do you do that again ? " I would ask , and she would blush and shove ...
... later used to tease her that I never quite had the earth - shaking , sheet - rattling experience that she summoned up in our less than scientific little chats . " How do you do that again ? " I would ask , and she would blush and shove ...
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... later, in 1984, when a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official, Rita Lavelle, was accused of secretly meet- ing with lakefront polluters in an effort to strike a cleanup deal that heavily favored industry. Lavelle was forced to ...
... later, in 1984, when a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official, Rita Lavelle, was accused of secretly meet- ing with lakefront polluters in an effort to strike a cleanup deal that heavily favored industry. Lavelle was forced to ...
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... later reorganized, but the Waukegan plant closed permanently. This story was repeated again and again in Waukegan and in similar communities around the Great Lakes and elsewhere. The industries along the lake fell like dominoes in the ...
... later reorganized, but the Waukegan plant closed permanently. This story was repeated again and again in Waukegan and in similar communities around the Great Lakes and elsewhere. The industries along the lake fell like dominoes in the ...
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... later, in 1885, the bustling little town with a population of just over four thousand boasted several breweries, tanner- ies, and mills and a mattress factory.1 By the time Bradbury was born there thirty - five 11 Ch. 2: Green Town.
... later, in 1885, the bustling little town with a population of just over four thousand boasted several breweries, tanner- ies, and mills and a mattress factory.1 By the time Bradbury was born there thirty - five 11 Ch. 2: 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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