Cultures of contamination [electronic resource] : legacies of pollution in Russia and the U.S. / edited by Michael R. Edelstein, Maria Tysiachniouk and Lyudmila V. Smirnova. Edelstein, Michael R. Tysiachniouk, Maria. Smirnova, Lyudmila V. Pollution Social aspects Russia (Federation) Environmental degradation Social aspects Russia (Federation) Radioactive pollution Russia (Federation) Environmental health Russia (Federation) Environmental degradation Psychological aspects. Pollution Social aspects United States. Environmental degradation Social aspects United States. Environmental health United States. GF75 .C85 2007 304.280947 22 504 Description based on print version record. This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining conditions and will help guide us in meeting the twin challenges created by the legacy of contamination: how to stop it and how to address what we already have done. Section one focuses on the psycho-social dynamics of chemical contamination. Section two deals with nuclear events, both accidents, but also the closed cities and closed society needed to produce a nuclear context. Section 3 addresses mitigations, dominated by 4 out of 5 chapters addressing Russia. And section four provides perspectives, comparative pieces addressing secrecy in nuclear programs, distorted risk communication in the aftermath of the World Trade Center Disaster, environmental altruism and in core social response to environmental challenges. It examines the cultures most responsible for global contamination. It adopts a global and practical perspective, with case examples from the United States and Russia. It seeks to stop contaminations from taking place in the future and positively address those from the past. This book series is available electronically at website. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007. 2007. 2007 Text 1 online resource (xv, 502) : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0196-1152/14 eng Research in social problems and public policy, 0196-1152 ; v. 14 Research in social problems and public policy ; v. 14. Cultures of contamination. Cultures of contamination. Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) United States. United States. United States.