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Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time: Healing America's Chemical Wounds (1991)

A book by Glenn E. Schweitzer, EPA's first Director of the Office of Toxic Substances.

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Chapters Details   1. Toxic Chemicals Move to Center Stage Details   2. Controlling 3000 chemicals: One by One Details   3. The Uncertainty of Risk but the Reality of Cost Details   4. Explaining Risks to an Aroused Public Details   5. Cleaning Up the Wastes of an Industrial Economy Details   6. The States Begin to Take Charge Details   7. The Greening of Industry Details   8. Exceeding the Absorptive Limits of the Global Commons Details   9. The Power and Limitations of Science and Technology Details   10. Living with Toxic Risks Details   Index

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