Parts Per Million ebook download Joy Horowitz

Parts Per Million

A journalist's unsettling and timely investigation into the ties between Beverly Hills, its oil wells, and a local cancer cluster Beverly Hills High School is the crown jewel of a storied community that has long symbolized wealth and privilege. No one, including the author (class of 1971), thought twice about the oil pumps behind the school?s athletic fields; the derricks were just a part of the landscape, bringing in a sizable amount of royalty money to the community. But in 2003, after a group of young graduates developed cancer and the loudmouthed and sensationalistic Erin Brockovich caused a stir claiming the drilling was the cause, Beverly Hills was dragged into a landmark tort case that has split the town in two and will cause a media stir when it goes to trial later this year. In Parts per Million, Joy Horowitz tells the story behind the headlines, interviewing cancer specialists, lawyers, epidemiologists, city officials, residents, and Brockovich herself. She crafts a riveting picture of PTA moms fighting for the truth, parents in denial, cancer-ridden youth, a school board terrified of having failed in its obligation to keep kids safe, and the complex game of toxic tort litigation that stands to strike a huge financial blow to the powerful oil companies and the iconic community. A Civil Action meets An Inconvenient Truth, Parts per Million couches medical and scientific inquiry in a compelling legal drama. Horowitz examines our tangled relationship with oil, money, and the environment, and bravely questions how many more will have to die before government regulators put economics aside and heed the warnings of science.

Share your thoughts on the Parts Per Million ebook with other internet viewers!

Title of ebook: Parts Per Million
ISBN: 9781429535700
parent-ISBN: 9780670037988
Publisher: Viking
Pages: 464
Published: 07-2007
Released online for download: 07-19-2007
Author of eBook: Horowitz, Joy

Format

Encrypted

Sku

ISBN

File size

Security

Printing

Copying

Read aloud

Devices

Digital Editions

Yes

1429535717

9781429535717

2931 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Mobipocket

Yes

9781429535748

893 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirements

Download reader

Microsoft

Yes

1429535709

9781429535700

838 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

eReader

Yes

1429535725

9781429535724

829 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Top eBooks in "Environmental"

Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South

The IUCN Academy of environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings ...more

Best price: $119.92

Environmental Law and Justice in Context

This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. Written ...more

Best price: $124.05

International Courts and Environmental Protection

by Stephens, Tim

International environmental law has come of age, yet the global environment continues to deteriorate. The challenge of the twenty-first century is to reverse this process by ...more

Best price: $100.00

The Business of Greening

Debating the relationship between business and environment, and where this relationship is heading, this book gives voice to the industrial actors in context within ...more

Best price: $100.00

The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment

by Craik, Neil

The central idea animating environmental impact assessment (eIA) is that decisions affecting the environment should be made through a comprehensive evaluation of predicted ...more

Best price: $84.00

Environmentl Protect Law Policy 2ed

by Holder, Jane, Lee, Maria

This book examines environmental law from a range of perspectives, emphasising the policy world from which environmental law is drawn and nourished. Those working within the ...more

Best price: $72.00

Parts Per Million

by Horowitz, Joy

A journalist's unsettling and timely investigation into the ties between Beverly Hills, its oil wells, and a local cancer cluster Beverly Hills High School is the crown ...more

Best price: $24.95

Healing the World

by Christensen, David E.

Healing the World identifies and offers possible solutions to three critical and urgent problems that face mankind today. David Christensen, PhD, a retired ...more

Best price: $5.42

Other Law eBooks Categories

Law General (806)

Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (51)

Constitutional (31)

Intellectual Property (62)

International (97)

Legal History (36)

Practical Guides (43)

Taxation (41)