pollution

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Something rotten

a Horatio Wilkes mystery
2007
In a contemporary story based on Shakespeare's play "Hamlet, " Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve the murder of his friend Hamilton Prince's father in Denmark, Tennessee.

Flotsametrics and the floating world

how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science
2009
Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer, describes his scientific pursuits to understand the ocean's currents by following flotsam from the water to the shore.

Poisoned profits

the toxic assault on our children
2008
Analyzes the connection between the increased use and prevalence of chemical toxins throughout twenty-first-century society and the number of childhood cases of disease and death.

The Chemo Kid

1992
When the drugs that he takes as part of his chemotherapy suddenly transform him from wimp into superhero, sixteen-year-old Fred and his friends plot to rid the town of its most lethal environmental hazard, toxic waste in the water supply.

The adventures of a plastic bottle

a story about recycling
2009
A plastic bottle describes its journey from the refinery through a recycling plant, after which it was used as part of a space suit.

Michael Recycle meets Litterbug Doug

2009
Michael Recycle swoops down to confront Litterbug Doug about the growing dump in which he is living, and enlists the townspeople in helping Doug clean up.

Holly takes a risk

2008
Holly must solve the puzzle of an old legend if she and the other mermaids are to stop the toxic waste leaking from a wrecked ship, threatening a family of turtles living nearby, and get back to their vital mission for Queen Neptuna.

Earthwatch

earthcycles and ecosystems
1992
Examines how natural cycles and specific ecosystems work and suggests activities to learn about protecting the earth from further damage by pollution and waste.

The kids' earth handbook

1991
Presents activities and experiments which demonstrate how living things interact with each other and the environment. Includes instructions for making miniature ecosystems.

Chattanooga sludge

1996
John Todd attempts to clean the toxic waters of Chattanooga Creek with a Living Machine.

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