Years of environmental destruction is taking its toll across Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union. 4 million citizens live under conditions of severe radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Medieval cities throughout Europe are blackened by air pollution; industrial waste has turned the once-blue Danube River into an open sewer; pesticides & erosion have rendered the soil infertile & as health care costs & infant mortality rise, life expectancies fall. Pollution's havoc is clear--the solutions are ...
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Years of environmental destruction is taking its toll across Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union. 4 million citizens live under conditions of severe radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Medieval cities throughout Europe are blackened by air pollution; industrial waste has turned the once-blue Danube River into an open sewer; pesticides & erosion have rendered the soil infertile & as health care costs & infant mortality rise, life expectancies fall. Pollution's havoc is clear--the solutions are not. Examine the environmental crisis that ravages this region & its global consequences. Readings in three chapters include: Eco-crisis * Nuclear testing & waste * The Baltics * Siberia & the Far North * The Aral Sea & Lake Baikal * Chernobyl * The Danube * Health threats * The Green Revolution & the nuclear energy debate. Case studies highlight air, water & soil pollution in Eastern Europe. 141 pages, bibliography, illustrated. (Gary E. McCuen, Ronald P. Swanson, eds.) Hardcover. ISBN 0-86596-090-9. $12.95. Contents: Chapter 1 -- Environmental Devastation in the Soviet Union; Chapter 2 -- Eastern Europe: Cauldron of Poison; Chapter 3 -- Reversing the Trend: Ideas in Conflict. Other Features -- Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Illustrations & Reading & Reasoning Skill Activities (Reading the Daily Newspaper, What is Political Bias? & Interpreting Editorial Cartoons). GEM (Gary E. McCuen Publications, Inc., Attn. Order Dept., 411 Mallalieu Drive, Hudson, WI 54016, 715-386-7113.
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