Author
Cone, Marla.
Title
Silent snow : the slow poisoning of the Arctic / Marla Cone.
Published
New York : Grove Press, 2005.
Format
Book
Description
ix, 246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A moral compass in a vast, lonely land -- I: The Arctic paradox -- Blowing in the wind: a contaminant’s long journey north -- Unexpected poisons: serendipity at the top of the world -- The world’s unfortunate laboratory -- Plight of the ice bear: top of the world, top of the food web -- Ties that bind in Greenland -- A fish can’t feed a village: Alaska’s communal hunts -- II: Scientists seeking order out of chaos -- Fear is toxic, too: communicating risk to Canada’s Inuit -- Into the brains of babes: searching for clues in Faroese children -- Beyond silent spring: a global assault on sex hormones and immune systems -- The Arctic in flux: global conspirators and the whims of climate -- Islands of sudden change: the evolution of the Aleutians -- III: Solutions and predictions -- The diagnosis: scientists write a prescription -- POPs and politics: taking the first step toward a solution -- The chain of evil continues unbroken: the Arctic’s new toxic legacies -- Survival of the fittest: walking in the Inuits footsteps.
ISBN
080211797X
0802142591
Subject
Pollution -- Arctic regions.
Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Arctic regions.
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