Clean Hands: Clair Patterson's Crusade Against Environmental Lead Contamination

Clean Hands: Clair Patterson's Crusade Against Environmental Lead Contamination

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITOR

INTRODUCTION

PATTERSON'S ORIGINAL CARTOONS

Section 1: CLAIR PATTERSON: THE PERSON

CHAPTER 1: FROM METEORITES TO MAN: THE PATTERSON GEOCHEMICAL HERITAGE

ABSTRACT

1. BOYHOOD ROOTS

2. COLLEGE YEARS

3. THE WAR AND THE BOMB

4. TIME FOR LEAD

5. UNIVERSAL LEAD CONTAMINATION

6. DATING THE AGE OF THE EARTH

7. LEAD SAGAS FROM THE OCEAN

8. AT ODDS WITH THE OIL AND LEAD INDUSTRIES

9. THE FORGING OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PHOENIX

10. READING THE ICE CUBES

11. MOUNTAIN VISTAS IN LEAD COLORS

12. THE OCEAN GIVES UP ITS LEAD

13. THE TRUTH IS IN OUR BONES

14. TOWARD NEW LEAD-FREE BIOCHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE

15. HOW AND WHY THE BRAIN IS WIRED

16. A PROLOGUE ON SCIENTIFIC WISDOM AND INTEGRITY

POSTSCRIPT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EX PLUMBUS UNUM

CHAPTER 2: SOME REMEMBRANCES FROM ALMOST THREE DECADES OF WORKING WITH PATTERSON

CHAPTER 3: FACTORS INFLUENCING C.C. PATTERSON'S ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

ADDENDUM

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 4: VIGNETTES OF CLAIR PATTERSON

CHAPTER 5: PROFESSOR CLAIR C. PATTERSON, OUR TEACHER, COLLEAGUE, AND FRIEND

SECTION 2: SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF CLAIR PATTERSON AND COLLEAGUES

CHAPTER 6: CLAIR PATTERSON: MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD

INTRODUCTION

PHASE 1: DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORIGINAL HYPOTHESIS AND METHODS TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS

PHASE 2: DETERMINATION OF LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN KEY ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES

SEAWATER

GLACIAL ICE

NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA IN REMOTE ECOSYSTEMS

HUMAN BONES AND TEETH

PHASE 3. IMPLICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORK

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7: AUTOMOTIVE LEAD POLLUTION: CLAIR PATTERSON'S ROLE IN STOPPING IT

INTRODUCTION

THE DEBUT OF LEADED GASOLINE

HEGEMONY ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LEAD POISONING

CLAIR PATTERSON: CHALLENGE OF THE PREVAILING SCIENCE ON EFFECTS OF AUTOMOTIVE LEAD

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 8: A CONVULSIVE CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS: CLAIR PATTERSON AND HUMAN LEAD EXPOSURE

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 9: ANALYZING POLAR ICE AND SNOW FOR HEAVY METALS AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS: TWO DECADES OF FRUITFUL INTERACTION WITH CLAIR PATTERSON

1. BEGINNING TO INVESTIGATE TRACE ELEMENTS IN ANTARCTIC SNOW AND HEARING ABOUT CLAIR PATTERSON

2. EMULATING THE WORK OF MUROZUMI ET AL. (1969) FOR HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS: A DECADE OF HARD WORK WITHOUT COMPLETE SUCCESS (1971-1981)

3. WORKING WITH CLAIR PATTERSON AT THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1981, 1984-1985)

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 10: CLEAN HANDS, DIRTY HANDS: CLAIR PATTERSON AND THE AQUATIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MERCURY

INTRODUCTION

AMERICAN SAMOA, 1981

NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, 1986

RESULTS

FIRST ORDER MODELING

MODEL REFINEMENTS

REFERENCES

LIST OF CLAIR PATTERSON'S PUBLICATIONS

Index