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PBB: An Environmental Disaster - Michigan Chemical Poisoning Reverberates 50 Years Later is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of the chemical catastrophe that occurred in Michigan in the 20th century, and to offer a cautionary tale for action in the 21st. The book is organized into three general subject areas: 1) The geology and history of the region around St. Louis, Michigan; 2) The history of the Michigan Chemical Company, recounting the story of the PBB contamination disaster and the creation of an immense Superfund site; and 3) A discussion of the biochemical and genomic factors through which toxic chemicals affect human health, followed by a discussion of the effects of PBB and other Michigan Chemical products on Michigan's environment and on the health of the Michigan Chemical employees, the residents of St. Louis, the region's farmers and their families, and the Michigan consuming public during the years 1973-1977.

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"PBB: An Environmental Disaster-Michigan Chemical Poisoning Reverberates 50 Years Later, gives both the lay person and the expert alike an inciteful and thrilling account of these events and the aftermath. -Dr. Larry Robertson, Professor Emeritus, the University of Iowa professor emeritus Reading Dr. Corbett's book brought back many memories, especially the frustrations I experienced dealing with the Michigan Department of Public Health. -Walter Meester, MD, Ph.D., retired toxicologist These chemicals are producing cancer, birth defects and other maladies too numerous to mention. Equally as frightening is the fact, and I quote Dr. Corbett, ""The actions of these chemicals have the potential of changing our thought processes, our culture and even evolution itself."" -Francis ""Bus"" Spaniola, Member, Michigan House of Representatives (1975-1990) An eyewitness to the PBB disaster and key advocate for early investigations into the long-term health outcomes from exposure, Corbett reminds us of the powerful role experts can play in taking action to protect their communities and the environment. -Brittany Bayliss Fremion, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Central Michigan University Who cared about protecting the public from poisoned meat, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese? Individual farmers, veterinarians who persisted in finding the problem, concerned doctors and medical researchers of which Dr. Tom Corbett is one, and legislators who educated themselves about PBB and its possible dangers and put their knowledge and concern into legislation that helped protect the public from further harm. -Jane (Keon) Jelenek - author of Tombstone Town, co-founder of the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force"

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T.H. Corbett is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and School of Public Health. Following his internship, he served as a medical officer on the USCGC Chautauqua (Hawaii) and as a physician in the US Public Health Service in Alaska (Anchorage and Barrow) and New Mexico (Laguna). Following his service, he returned to Ann Arbor for additional training in internal medicine, reproductive biology, anesthesiology, and occupational/environmental medicine. He was board certified in the latter two specialties. He conducted pioneering research in operating-room pollution and conducted research on the carcinogenicity and teratogenicity of anesthetic agents and of polybrominated biphenyls. Upon identification of PBB as the contaminant in Michigan's food supply, he was the first to publicly warn residents to not eat the contaminated farm products and warned mothers not to breast feed their babies. In 1976, he was a recipient of the US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Quality Award.He has authored six books, including Cancer and Chemicals (1977) and the award-winning Laguna Pueblo - A Photographic History (2015) with co-author Lee Marmon.Dr. Corbett is retired and lives In Ann Arbor.

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