The Poisoning of an American High School
If it can happen in Beverly Hills, it can happen anywhere\ The Poisoning of an American High School is a feat of investigative reportage and the product of four years of research by award-winning journalist Joy Horowitz. Making lucid the tangled issues of public health, regulation, and the political power of industry, it tells a riveting tale ripped from newspaper headlines?a cancer cluster affecting graduates of one of America?s most affluent schools, Beverly Hills High. The Poisoning of an...
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If it can happen in Beverly Hills, it can happen anywhereThe Poisoning of an American High School is a feat of investigative reportage and the product of four years of research by award-winning journalist Joy Horowitz. Making lucid the tangled issues of public health, regulation, and the political power of industry, it tells a riveting tale ripped from newspaper headlines—a cancer cluster affecting graduates of one of America's most affluent schools, Beverly Hills High. The Poisoning of an American High School presents the behind-the-scenes saga of the 2003 landmark toxic tort suit, in which more than one thousand plaintiffs, with the sensational Erin Brockovich as their champion, claimed their illnesses could be traced to exposure to the oil derricks just yards from school grounds. Tom Graff A remarkable page-turner . . . No one escapes her scrutiny; all get to tell their stories. Yet behind the individual human sagas there's a bigger story about economic power and health risk that reaches far beyond the confines of one of America's iconic small towns.' (Tom Graff, California director, Environmental Defense)
Introduction: Waking Up xiiiPart 1 1From Cedars-Sinai to the Beverly Hills Hotel 3The Tower of Hope: A Mitzvah Makeover 37Blame it on Julia Roberts 61The Curse of the English Department 82The "Steam" Next Door 98PR Wars 109Part 2 131Razzle-Dazzle 133Vell Moaltalli 163Chernobyl, 90212 189Butt-Ass Wrong 207Part 3 231Case Management Order 233Discovery 257Trade Secrets and Other Privileges 276Acceptable Risks 306Afterword 331Notes 353Government and Nonprofit Agencies 413Cast of Characters 417Acknowledgments 429Index 433
\ Barry SiegelHorowitz raises important alarms. . . . [A] fierce, penetrating, vibrant challenge, wisely telling all of us to be aware—and to care. (Barry Siegel, Pulitzer Prize–winning director of the Literary Journalism Program, UC Irvine, and author of Lines of Defense)\ \ \ \ \ Tom GraffA remarkable page-turner . . . No one escapes her scrutiny; all get to tell their stories. Yet behind the individual human sagas there's a bigger story about economic power and health risk that reaches far beyond the confines of one of America's iconic ‘small towns.' (Tom Graff, California director, Environmental Defense)\ \
