Showing posts with label January is Toxic 70s Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January is Toxic 70s Month. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2017

January is Toxic 70s Month


Dead livestock, Seveso, Italy 1976


warning sign at the entrance to Times Beach, Missouri


January is Toxic 70s Month at the PorPor Books Blog !


Here at the PorPor Books Blog I occasionally take a respite from reading and reviewing sf content to focus on something else.

For January 2017, I thought I would turn to a subject near and dear to the hearts of many Baby Boomers who came of age in the 70s: Toxic Disasters.

chemical structure of dioxin

There were plenty of these throughout the 70s, both in the USA and abroad. Some of them I was aware of, while others are new to me.


The books for which I will be posting reviews all are fascinating........if disturbing.

child with chloracne, Seveso

Travel back in time to the days when birds dropped from the sky.....cows gave birth to mutants.......and people became Contaminated with chemicals that are with us still.....!

chemical structure of polybrominated biphenyl