The Chemical Scythe: Lessons of 2,4,5-T and Dioxin / Edition 1

by Alastair Hay

Overview

The Chemical Scythe is the first book in a projected series to be published by Plenum Press in association with the International Disaster Institute. The aim of the series, Disaster Research in Practice, is to provide scientific and readable accounts on the most urgent areas of disaster research. It is fitting, therefore, that Dr. Hay's investigation into the nature and effects of dioxins heralds the new series. The problem of chemical hazards is one that we will have to learn to live with in future decades. Dr. Hay's book is an authoritative account of the chemistry and proven and potential effects of dioxins, and of the impli­ cations for safety planning. He concludes with a cautious, yet optimistic note-that indeed we can learn to live with such hazards, providing that we are prepared to understand and plan for the unexpected. The accident at Seveso in 1976 alerted the world to an imperfectly understood but immensely alarming environmental hazard. Public debate and argument as to the implications of dioxins and, indeed, the use of herbicides as aggressive weapons in Vietnam, rage on. And yet it is only through the painstaking research exemplified in this book that it will eventually be possible to promote the vital accountability on the part of industrialists and governments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306409738
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/01/1982
Series:	Disaster Research in Practice
Edition description:	1982
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. Chemistry and Occurrence of Dioxins.- 2. Toxicology of Dioxins.- 3. Hexachlorophene.- 4. 2,4,5-T, Trichlorophenol, Pentachlorophenol, and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans.- 5. Chloracne.- 6. Industrial Accidents in Trichlorophenol Manufacture.- 7. Vietnam and 2,4,5-T.- 8. 2,4,5-T in Cambodia and Laos.- 9. Seveso.- 10. Love Canal.- 11. Where Do We Go from Here?.