Toxic Burn: The Grassroots Struggle against the WTI Incinerator
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Toxic Burn: The Grassroots Struggle against the WTI Incinerator
By (Author) Thomas Shevory
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
4th June 2007
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Conservation of the environment
363.738
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 150mm, Height 229mm, Spine 18mm
Description
Debates over global warming and fossil fuel dependence dominate public discussions of the environment. For many of us, these debates are abstract because environmental problems do not yet disrupt our daily lives. But in communities around the globe, environmental activism is not a matter of choice, it is a necessity. East Liverpool, Ohio, is one of those places. Since 1993, the eastern Ohio River Valley has been home to a massive hazardous waste incinerator. The WTI incinerator in East Liverpool burns 60,000 tons of hazardous waste each year, has experienced dozens of accidents, and is located within 100 yards of an elementary school. Yet, it continues to operate. Toxic Burn is a gripping account of the activist movement against the imposing WTI incinerator in this struggling rust belt town. Drawing on personal interviews with key participants as well as official documents, Thomas Shevory tells the story of building, maintaining, and resisting the incinerator.
