Toxic injustice : a transnational history of exposure and struggle /

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"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 Ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bohme, Susanna Rankin, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2015.
Temas:
Dibromochloropropane > Toxicology.
Dibromochloropropane > Health aspects > Law and legislation.
Fruit trade > Health aspects > Law and legislation.
Agricultural laborers > Health and hygiene.
Environmental justice.
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
Justice environnementale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Agricultural laborers > Health and hygiene
Environmental justice
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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