PAH, 12, 14–15, 19, 59, 64, 100–101, 230

participatory action, 38

Pataki, George, 91, 149

petrochemical, xi–xiii, 23, 25, 27

pollution, xvi, 5, 15, 23, 26, 56, 138, 140

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 11, 187, 230

popular epidemiology, 106, 139, 220

protest rally, 17

public health, 15–16, 25–26, 30–31, 60, 66–67, 72, 109, 139–141, 162, 182–185, 203, 222

public health emergency, 60, 184

qualitative measurement, 225

recreancy, 27

relocation, xiii, xv, 14, 16, 18–19, 58, 66–72, 88, 104, 109–110, 114, 120, 134, 149, 152–155, 157, 162–163, 165–166, 173–174, 178, 180, 183–186, 192–202, 204–205, 212, 217, 219, 222

remediation, xiii, 13, 15–17, 19–20, 64–65, 72, 81, 84, 87, 91, 100, 116, 148, 157, 168, 172, 179, 194–196, 201, 212, 216

Republic Steel Corporation, 10

risk society, xii–xiv, 29

rust belt, 2

social constructionist, 33, 35

social interaction, 31, 48

social movement, xiii, xvi, 2–4, 6, 10, 28, 30–38, 40–51, 53, 55–56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 72–74, 77–82, 85, 88–90, 93–94, 96, 98, 102–104, 106, 110, 112–114, 116–120, 122, 124–127, 129–130, 141–142, 144–145, 147, 150, 152, 156, 158, 161–163, 166, 171–173, 176, 178, 181–182, 186–189, 191, 196–197, 199–200, 207, 211–212, 214, 216, 218, 222–224, 231

social movement mobilization, 2–3, 6, 28, 33, 42, 51, 55, 72, 90, 93, 129, 191, 212, 223

social movement participants, 31–32, 42, 49, 56, 60, 62, 64, 73–74, 77, 85, 88–90, 103–104, 106, 110, 112, 116–117, 119–120, 122, 125, 129–130, 142, 147, 150, 158, 161, 163, 166, 172–173, 176, 181–182, 186–188, 196–197, 199, 212, 218

social structure, xiv, 48

sociology, xiv, 4, 21, 41, 55

soil samples, 15–16, 66–67

South Buffalo, 1, 10–11, 84, 109, 190

South Buffalo Redevelopment Plan, 10

state agencies, 36, 180

statistically significant, 27, 56, 70, 205

Steingraber, Sandra, 30, 57, 183, 203

strategy, 3–4, 32–35, 37–38, 42–43, 48, 95, 99–100, 102, 109, 112, 132–133, 138, 148, 152, 155, 157, 161–166, 170–176, 178–183, 185, 187–191, 211–212, 223

structural aspects of mobilization, 36

Superfund, xiii, 2, 26, 61, 63–64, 72, 91, 98–99, 149, 175, 177, 195–196, 198, 224

television media, 71, 103, 115, 176–177, 199

The Buffalo News, 21, 71–72, 75–76