Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780520959811
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0520959817
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1322221618
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9781322221618
Content:
"The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950s to target worm-like, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that it was dangerous, the chemical was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiquita and Dole Central American banana plantations. In the late 1970s, DBCP was linked to male sterility, setting off an uneven regulatory process while continued use left some workers--especially on Dole's banana plantations--exposed for years after dangers were known. Susanna Bohme tells an intriguing multilayered history of DBCP that spans fifty years to highlight the transnational reach of corporations and social justice movements. Toxic Injustice links health inequalities and worker struggles as it charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures. In contrast to most studies on the effects of globalization, this work provides a bold and multidisciplinary integration of many perspectives--environmental, legal, medical, labor, industrial, and transnational--to interrogate the way nation-states remain crucial forces and to demonstrate the boundaries and opportunities faced by those seeking justice from elite national and transnational actors"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Roots of optimism and anxiety -- DBCP on the farm -- Toxic inequalities -- An inconvenient forum? -- Making a movement -- National law, transnational justice?
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520278981
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520278984
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520278998
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520278992
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bohme, Susanna Rankin Toxic Injustice : A Transnational History of Exposure and Struggle Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2014 ISBN 9780520278981
Language:
English
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