| Book Review | The Michigan Historical Review, 34.2

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Melvin J. Visser. Cold, Clear, and Deadly: Unraveling a Toxic Legacy. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2007. Pp. 192. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $24.95.
Cold, Clear, and Deadly chronicles Michigan engineer Melvin Visser's efforts to understand the ongoing pollution of Lake Superior and other northern waters by persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Pollutants, such as DDT, hexachlorane, benzene, chlordane, hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), toxaphene, dieldrin, aldrin, heptachlor, mirex, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxin, persist despite bans on the use of these chemicals in the United States and many developed nations. Visser argues that POPs are an ongoing problem because developing countries, such as India and China, continue to use them, particularly in agriculture; atmospheric processes transport them globally; and once deposited in northern waters, these pollutants degrade slowly.	1
The book begins with Visser's account of attempts to reduce POPs in the Great Lakes in the 1980s and 1990s. The narrative then transitions to a broader analysis of the scientific literature on POPs and particularly POPs in the Arctic. The book concludes with a plea for readers to advocate a worldwide ban on POPs.	. . .

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