Environmental destruction is hazardous to your health.
Part of a special issue on health care reform. The writer, a coordinator of community and environmental health for the Highlander Center, gives an account of personal and professional experiences of health problems caused by environmental pollution. The situation in Yellow Creek Valley, Kentucky,...
| Publicado en: | Social Policy Vol. 24; pp. 16 - 25 |
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Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center
Summer94
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