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Poisoning for profit : the Mafia and toxic waste in America
- Title
- Poisoning for profit : the Mafia and toxic waste in America / Alan A. Block and Frank R. Scarpitti.
- Author
- Block, Alan A.
- Publication
- New York : W. Morrow, ©1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | HD9975.U62 B52 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Scarpitti, Frank R.
- Description
- 361 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Hazardous waste management industry > Corrupt practices > United States
- Mafia > United States
- Pollution > United States
- Hazardous wastes > Management > Corrupt practices > United States
- Hazardous waste management industry > Corrupt practices
- Mafia
- Pollution
- Organisiertes Verbrechen
- Sonderabfallbeseitigung
- United States
- USA
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 348-352.
- Contents
- 1. Fear death by water -- 2. The environmental time bomb -- 3. When garbage was garbage -- 4. Organized crime moves in -- 5. Problems in the Northeast -- 6. Controlling the damage -- 7. Landfills and the politics of waste -- 8. The secret government of waste -- 9. The chemical control nightmare -- 10. Across the nation and beyound -- 11. The failure of enforcement.
- ISBN
- 0688039707
- 9780688039707
- LCCN
- 84062024
- OCLC
- ocm11680161
- 11680161
- SCSB-614924
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library