Stringfellow Acid Pits: The Toxic and Legal Legacy

by Brian Craig and Brian Craig

Book Overview

Stringfellow Acid Pits tells the story of one of the most toxic places in the United States, and of an epic legal battle waged to clean up the site and hold those responsible accountable. In 1955, California officials approached rock quarry owner James Stringfellow about using his land in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, as a hazardous dump site. Officials claimed it was a natural waste disposal site because of the impermeable rocks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472074415
• ISBN13: 9780472074419
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"