Glyphosate and the Swirl : An Agroindustrial Chemical on the Move /

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"Glyphosate and the Swirl is an ethnography of the agricultural chemical glyphosate (the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup) that engages in the debate over the safety of the chemical in the scientific and activist communities. Vincanne Adams argues that glyphosate is an unstable and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Vincanne, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Medical policy.
Medical anthropology.
Herbicides > Toxicology.
Glyphosate > Toxicology.
Agricultural chemicals > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From blossoms
  • Building the food chemosphere
  • Ontological multiplicity & glyphosate's safety
  • Chemical life, clinical encounters
  • The scientific consensus & the counterfactual
  • Consensuses, academic capitalism & the swirl
  • Glyphosate becomes an activist
  • Chemicals as agents of care.

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