Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor

by Steve Lerner

Book Overview

For years, the residents of Diamond, Louisiana, lived with an inescapable acrid, metallic smell -- the "toxic bouquet" of pollution -- and a mysterious chemical fog that seeped into their houses. They looked out on the massive Norco Industrial Complex: a maze of pipelines, stacks topped by flares burning off excess gas, and huge oil tankers moving up the Mississippi. They experienced headaches, stinging eyes, allergies, asthma, and other respiratory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262122731
• ISBN13: 9780262122733
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"