Tainted Earth: Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment by Marianne Sullivan

Critical Issues in Health and Medicine

Tainted Earth: Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment

Marianne Sullivan

256 pages paperback 2014

4 editions

nonfiction health nature science challenging informative medium-paced
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Smelting is an industrial process involving the extraction of metal from ore. During this process, impurities in ore--including arsenic, lead, and cadmium--may be released from smoke stacks, contaminating air, water, and soil with toxic-heavy meta...

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