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Main Title Toxic injustice : a transnational history of exposure and struggle /
Author Bohme, Susanna Rankin,
Publisher University of California Press,
Year Published 2015
OCLC Number 879553027
ISBN 9780520278981 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520278984 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520278998 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520278992 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects Dibromochloropropane--Toxicology ; Dibromochloropropane--Health aspects--Law and legislation ; Fruit trade--Health aspects--Law and legislation ; Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene ; Environmental justice ; Insecticides--toxicity--United States ; Propane--analogs & derivatives--United States ; Agricultural Workers' Diseases--United States ; Insecticides--history--United States ; Occupational Exposure--United States ; Social Determinants of Health--United States ; Berufskrankheit--(DE-588)4005920-0 ; Dibrompropylphosphate--(DE-588)4411570-2 ; Gesundheitsgefèahrdung--(DE-588)4071808-6 ; Globalisierung--(DE-588)4557997-0 ; Landarbeit--(DE-588)4034215-3 ; Obstbau--(DE-588)4043051-0 ; Pestizid--(DE-588)4137948-2 ; Soziale Bewegung--(DE-588)4055707-8 ; Toxikologie--(DE-588)4060538-3 ; Transnationalisierung--(DE-588)7612596-8
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EJAM EJ RA1270.P4B586 2015 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 05/31/2022
Collation xi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.
Contents Notes
Roots of optimism and anxiety -- DBCP on the farm -- Toxic inequalities -- An inconvenient forum? -- Making a movement -- National law, transnational justice? "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.