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Its also a book about the destructive power of secrets--both family and government. Her fathers hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what was made at Rocky Flats--best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities.</p><p>Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book is both captivating and unnerving.</p>...4185364Full Body Burden184211https://www.gandhi.com.mx/full-body-burden-9780307955647/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3030361/88cf6b98-adfc-454f-b23a-6ec54fe3a8a8.jpg?v=638384784141970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129780307955647_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;9780307955647_W3siaWQiOiI2MGQzMjc5Zi02OWJhLTRmMTEtODJjMC1kNWJkZTQ4MGFiNjIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307955647_<p><strong>An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.Rebecca Skloot, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</em></strong></p><p><strong>A shocking account</strong> <strong>of the governments attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a communitys vain search for justicesoon to be a feature documentary</strong></p><p>Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated the most contaminated site in America. <em>Full Body Burden</em> is the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of plutonium. Its also a book about the destructive power of secrets--both family and government. Her fathers hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what was made at Rocky Flats--best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities.</p><p>Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book is both captivating and unnerving.</p>...(*_*)9780307955647_<p><strong>An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.Rebecca Skloot, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</em></strong></p><p><strong>A shocking account</strong> <strong>of the governments attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a communitys vain search for justicesoon to be a feature documentary</strong></p><p>Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America." <em>Full Body Burden</em> is the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of plutonium. Its also a book about the destructive power of secrets--both family and government. Her fathers hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what was made at Rocky Flats--best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities.</p><p>Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book is both captivating and unnerving.</p>...9780307955647_Crownlibro_electonico_5218f6f8-df5c-45df-af4d-7f5fe22cfb17_9780307955647;9780307955647_9780307955647Kristen IversenInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-2bbc6514-497f-4a3f-afb0-21380cf039ad.epub2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00Crown