Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)

Disturbing and informative. Walker brilliantly transports the reader into a world where toxic byproducts reign. His writing is clear, engaging and sober. Modernity means many things, among them toxic byproducts and human suffering. Highly recommended.

While Walker tends to hammer the point home, this is a pretty good read. I got this book for an environmental studies class, and I found myself enjoying it, well as much as I could with such a grim subject matter. I'm not really one who likes reading for class, but this was interesting enough to make me really think and not just skim through it like I do most books needed for class.