The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink

COVER......Page 1
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10
PROLOGUE......Page 12
Part 1 Waterborne Killers......Page 16
1 THE BLUE DEATH......Page 18
2 SNOW ON CHOLERA......Page 36
3 ALL SMELL IS DISEASE......Page 56
4 THE EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS......Page 72
5 THE DOCTOR, THE PRIEST, AND THE OUTBREAK AT GOLDEN SQUARE......Page 86
6 THE GREAT STINK......Page 107
Part 2 Thirsty Cities and Dirty Water......Page 120
7 THE RACE TO CHOLERA......Page 122
8 THE SCRAMBLE FOR PURE WATER......Page 147
9 THE TWO-EDGED SWORD......Page 174
10 SPRING IN MILWAUKEE......Page 189
11 THE HIDDEN SEED......Page 203
Part 3 At War with the Invisible......Page 226
12 DRINKING THE MISSISSIPPI......Page 228
13 DEATH IN ONTARIO......Page 248
14 SURVIVING THE STORM......Page 258
15 THE WORST PLACE ON EARTH......Page 268
16 THE FUTURE OF WATER: FROM E. COLI TO AL QAEDA......Page 280
EPILOGUE: STRATEGIES FOR SAFE WATER: A MODEST PROPOSAL......Page 305
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES......Page 309
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 319