Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA

by McKay Jenkins and E.G. Vallianatos

Book Overview

Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.

These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608199142
• ISBN13: 9781608199143
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"