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Auteur(s) : Bohme, Susanna Rankin (1973-....)
Titre(s) : Toxic injustice [Texte imprimé] : a transnational history of exposure and struggle / Susanna Rankin Bohme
Publication : Oakland : University of California Press, copyright [2015]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 343 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 305-324 and index
"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
Sujet(s) : Pesticides -- Toxicologie -- Amérique
Pesticides -- Droit -- Amérique
Fruits -- Commerce -- Aspect sanitaire -- Amérique
Ouvriers agricoles -- Santé et hygiène -- Amérique
Justice environnementale -- Amérique
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.738 498 (23e éd.) = Polluants - Pesticides
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520278981. - ISBN 0520278984. - ISBN 9780520278998. - ISBN 0520278992. -
ISBN 9780520959811 (erroné). - ISBN 0520959817 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470109782
Notice n° :
FRBNF47010978
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Roots of optimism and anxiety ; DBCP on the farm ; Toxic inequalities ; An inconvenient
forum? ; Making a movement ; National law, transnational justice?
