Toxic town : IBM, pollution, and industrial risks
Little, Peter C.2014
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In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one of the nation's largest corporate-state mitigation efforts. Yet despite the efforts of IBM and the US government, Endicott residents remain skeptical that the mitigation systems employed were designed with their best interests at heart. In 'Toxic Town', Peter C. Little tracks and critically diagnoses the experiences of Endicott residents as they learn to live with high-tech pollution, community transformation, scientific expertise, corporate-state power, and risk mitigation technologies.
Main title:
Toxic town : IBM, pollution, and industrial risks / Peter C. Little.
Author:
Little, Peter C., author
Imprint:
New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Collation:
264 pages
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780814770924 (pbk)0814770924
Language:
English
Subject:
International Business Machines CorporationHazardous waste sites -- New York (State) -- EndicottHazardous waste site remediation -- New York (State) -- EndicottComputer industry -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- EndicottComputer industry -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- EndicottEnvironment and ecologyEnvironment and EcologyEndicott (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
BRN:
587787