Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks

Part I. Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Health Risks

1. Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk
Francis O. Adeola

2. Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as a Social Problem
Francis O. Adeola

3. Taxonomy of Hazardous Wastes
Francis O. Adeola

Part II. Electronic Waste, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Hazards

4. Electronic Waste: The Dark Side of the High-Tech Revolution
Francis O. Adeola

5. Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Compounds
Francis O. Adeola

Part III. Contaminated Communities and Regulatory Responses

6. Communities Contaminated by Toxic Wastes and Industrial Disasters: Selected Cases
Francis O. Adeola

7. The Regulatory Frameworks
Francis O. Adeola

Part IV. Conclusion

8. Conclusion: Critical Environmental Justice Struggles
Francis O. Adeola

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Environmental Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Environment, general, Area Studies, Sociology, general, Environmental Health