Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780375704383ISBN:0375704388
Description: Very Fine. Paperback. 6 1/2h x 4 1/2w. Picture is scan of book not a stock photo. A real nice 502 page 1st edition paperback. Children in Woburn, Massachusetts began getting leukemia in unusually high numbers in the mid-1960s. At about the same time, the water from two local wells began to taste of chemicals. Despite the complaints of local residents, the wells were not permanently closed until 1979. The site was put on the federal Superfund list, but the leukemia cases continued to mount. Five ... read more
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