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Fortun, Kim. 2001.Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders.Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press.
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Gibbs, Lois. 1997.Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen’s Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy. Tonawanda, N. Y.: Black Rose Books.
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Girdner, Eddie J., and Jack Smith. 2002. Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit, and the Struggle for Environmental Justice.New York: Monthly Review Press.
Glick, Patrica. 2000.The Toll From Coal. Washington, D. C.: National Wildlife Federation.
Goklany, Indur M. 2001.The Precautionary Principle: A Critical Appraisal of Environmental Risk Assessment. Washington, D. C.: Cato Institute.
Goldbeck, Nikki, and David Goldbeck. 1995. Choose to Reuse: An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse.Woodstock, N. Y.: Ceres Press
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Graedel, Thomas E. 1998.Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment. UpperSaddleRiver, N. J.: Prentice Hall.
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Grossman, Elizabeth. 2006.High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health. Washington, D. C.: Island Press.
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INFORM. Developing Strategies to Reduce the Effects of Business Practices on the Environment and On Human Health.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
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