The polluters: the making of our chemically altered environment

The sorcerer's apprentices

Summoning the Spirits. Pollution goes to Washington ; The rise of the chemical industry ; Royd Sayers' Service Bureau.

Fetching a Flood. The miracle bug-killer ; Wilhelm Hueper and environmental cancer ; Bad air in Los Angeles ; Donora's strangler smog ; A new deal for clean water ; Deregulating California's water

The stealth pollutants.

Holding Back the Deluge. DuPont tries to clean up ; The industry responds ; From Donora to Love Canal ; Convenient hopes and inconvenient truths.