Contaminated Communities: The Social And Psychological Impacts Of Residential Toxic Exposure (Social Impact Assessment Series, No 17) [Hardcover]

Michael R Edelstein (Author), Gerald Edelman (Author)

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Publication Date: July 10, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0813374472 | ISBN-13: 978-0813374475 | Edition: 1St Edition

0-8133-7657-2 Contaminated Communities : the Social and Psychological Impacts of Residential Toxic Exposure

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About the Author

Michael Edelstein is professor of Environmental Pyschology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where until recently, he convened the Environmental Studies major. Since 1979, he has conducted a continuous program of research on the psycho-social impacts of environmental contamination. He is the co-author of Radon’s Deadly Daughters, as well as co-editor of Radon and the Environment. Dr. Edelstein’s research has also involved the impacts of environmental change on indigenous peoples and the practice of environmental impact assessment. In recent years, he has become involved in environmental exchanges with Russia, serving as a project director for two grants from the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Gerald M. Edelman is director of the Neurosciences Institute and chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at the Scripps Research Institute. He received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1972. He is also the author of Bright Air, Brilliant Fire; Tobiology; and The Remembered Present.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 217 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press; 1St Edition edition (July 10, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813374472
• ISBN-13: 978-0813374475
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,679,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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