Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index.
Chronology -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- What is dioxin? -- Prologue: The politics of truth -- Awkward questions: a dioxin spill in the mid-west -- Heart of darkness: phenoxy herbicides, Agent Orange and the Swedish doctors -- Ignorance is bliss: the poisoning in Missouri -- Toxic shock: deep rumbling sounds -- The EPA: a regulatory sleazefest -- Tears in the valleys: incinerator stories -- Epilogue: Challenging power and money -- Appendix: Bill Gaffey's work.
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Robert Allen exposes the attempts by the chemical industry to cover up the true impact of dioxin on human health.
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