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Prior to 1950 the environment was viewed as an untamed beast that required development so that “civilized” people could inhabit it. Analytical methods were limited and rarely if ever applied to the environment for measurement of contamination. Worker safety was determined in mining by the canary approach — if the canary died when sent into the mine then it was considered unsafe for workers.
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Kinney, A., Mack, J., McKenna, G. (2002). Using a Field Analytical Approach to Accelerate Site Assessments. In: Reible, D., Demnerova, K. (eds) Innovative Approaches to the On-Site Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites. NATO Science Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0255-4_1
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