Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health

by Kristin Shrader-Frechette

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In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health costs to Americans are similarly staggering: $13 billion a year from asthma, $351 billion from cardiovascular disease, and $240 billion from occupational disease and injury. Most troubling, children, the poor, and minorities bear the brunt of these health tragedies.
Why, asks Kristin Shrader-Frechette,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019532546X

ISBN13:9780195325461

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Business & Investing Conservation Earth Sciences Engineering Environment Environmental & Natural Resources Law Environmental Policy Environmental Science

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