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Superman's not coming : our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it / Erin Brockovich ; with Suzanne Boothby.

By: Brockovich, Erin [author.].
Contributor(s): Boothby, Suzanne [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020General Notes: Available on the Davenport University Library database page in the " e-books EBSCO e-book Collection.".Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 363 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781524746971.Other title: Superman is not coming | Our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it.Subject(s): Water -- Pollution -- United States | Water-supply -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 363.73940973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Introduction -- The scary truth. How did we get here? -- It began in Hinkley... and it's everywhere now -- Connecting the dots & building a map -- Floating in a sea of chemicals -- The top toxins -- The hopeful future. The communities rising -- Saying no to "unintended consequences" -- Local politics run amok -- Heroes fighting pollution at military bases -- Taking back the EPA & Florida's shorelines -- The final call. Day zero -- Time to act!
Summary: From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, and renowned crusader—a stirring call to action that gives us the tools we need to take action ourselves, to make our voices heard, to ensure our water is safe, and to finally bring about change.Clean water is as basic to life on planet Earth as hydrogen or oxygen. In her long-awaited book—her first to reckon with the condition of water on our planet—Erin Brockovich shows us what's at stake. She writes powerfully of the fraudulent science disguising our national water crisis: Cancer clusters are not being reported. People in Detroit and the state of New Jersey don't have clean water. The drinking water for more than six million Americans contains unsafe levels of industrial chemicals linked to cancer and other health issues.
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Available on the Davenport University Library database page in the " e-books EBSCO e-book Collection."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The scary truth. How did we get here? -- It began in Hinkley... and it's everywhere now -- Connecting the dots & building a map -- Floating in a sea of chemicals -- The top toxins -- The hopeful future. The communities rising -- Saying no to "unintended consequences" -- Local politics run amok -- Heroes fighting pollution at military bases -- Taking back the EPA & Florida's shorelines -- The final call. Day zero -- Time to act!

From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, and renowned crusader—a stirring call to action that gives us the tools we need to take action ourselves, to make our voices heard, to ensure our water is safe, and to finally bring about change.Clean water is as basic to life on planet Earth as hydrogen or oxygen. In her long-awaited book—her first to reckon with the condition of water on our planet—Erin Brockovich shows us what's at stake. She writes powerfully of the fraudulent science disguising our national water crisis: Cancer clusters are not being reported. People in Detroit and the state of New Jersey don't have clean water. The drinking water for more than six million Americans contains unsafe levels of industrial chemicals linked to cancer and other health issues.

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