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Chemical Catastrophes

by Danielle Haynes
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DDT, Agent Orange, and asbestos are just some of the many frightening examples used in this book to illustrate how people's disastrous decisions impact human life. Along with compelling main text and arresting historical photographs, sidebars of harrowing statistics help readers understand the scope of the damage more fully. Each spread also includes a fact box that tells the lasting effects of each disaster and chronicles the legal changes made, and not made, in the wake of these events. This book concludes with a discussion of what work still needs to be done to reverse and prevent chemical disasters.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Unnatural Disasters

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 10, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781538204191

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      October 1, 2017
      Grades 5-7 If the warning signs, horror-movie font, and photos of people in chemical masks seem frightening, the text is quick to reassure that not all chemicals are bad. Still, this volume in the Unnatural Disasters series adopts a serious tone as it explains the difference between naturally occurring and man-made chemicals. Disasters, it says, often occur because people don't realize how harmful certain chemicals can be (DDT in pesticides; the unanticipated side effects of Agent Orange). Often, too few steps are taken to lessen long-term effects (asbestos in the U.S., the Norilsk nickel mine in Russia). Brief chapters elaborate on global issues, and sidebars give an overview of usage and side effects. The book ends with a time line of disasters and a call to ecoactivism with a chapter that advises young readers on how best to be a change maker.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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  • OverDrive Read

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  • English

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