Author: Devra Davis
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465015220
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465015220
When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution
In When Smoke Ran Like Water, the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis confronts the public triumphs and private failures of her lifelong battle against environmental pollution.
New York: Basic Books / Perseus Books Group 2002. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" 316 pages with 16 pages of bw photos tight and clean with light wear to head of spine and lower corners. Dust jacket has minor wear to head of spine and top corners and it comes in a Brodart protector. "In When Smoke Ran Like Water the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis vividly confronts the public triumphs and private failures of the public health community's long battle against environmental pollution." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
She documents the shocking toll of a public-health disaster-300,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and Europe from the effects of pollution-and asks why we remain silent. For Davis, the issue is personal: Pollution is what killed many in her family and forced some of the others, survivors of the 1948 smog emergency in Donora, Pennsylvania, to live out their lives with impaired health. She describes that episode and also makes startling revelations about how the deaths from the London smog of 1952 were falsely attributed to influenza; how the oil companies and
When Smoke Ran like Water: Tales of Environmental De..., 9780465015214
When Smoke Ran like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle against Pollution, ISBN-13: 9780465015214, ISBN-10: 0465015212
[ Ships Daily ] Condition: Excellent[ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution By Devra Davis ISBN: 0465015220 Edition:reprint Publisher: Basic Books Pub Date: 12/24/2003 Binding: Paperback Pages: 352
author devra davis format paperback language english publication year 04 12 2003 subject general fiction subject 2 general literary fiction title when smoke ran like water tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution author devra lee davis publisher basic books publication date jan 01 2004 pages 336 binding paperback edition reprint dimensions 5 00 wx 8 00 hx 1 00 d isbn 0465015220 subject medical health care delivery description a leading epidemiologist best known for her
When Smoke Ran Like Water
Download When Smoke Ran Like Water
She documents the shocking toll of a public-health disaster-300,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and Europe from the effects of pollution-and asks why we remain silent. For Davis, the issue is personal: Pollution is what killed many in her family and forced some of the others, survivors of the 1948 smog emergency in Donora, Pennsylvania, to live out their lives with impaired health
he documents the shocking toll of a public-health disaster-300,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and Europe from the effects of pollution-and asks why we remain silent. For Davis, the issue is personal: Pollution is what killed many in her family and forced some of the others, survivors of the 1948 smog emergency in Donora, Pennsylvania, to live out their lives with impaired health. She describes that episode and also makes startling revelations about how the deaths from the London smog of 1952 were falsely attributed to influenza; how the oil companies and
