Toxic Injustice

Released on by Susanna Rankin Bohme
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  • Toxic Injustice Book Detail

  • Author : Susanna Rankin Bohme
  • Release Date : 2014-12-05
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 356
  • ISBN 13 : 0520278984
  • File Size : 58,58 MB
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Toxic Injustice by Susanna Rankin Bohme PDF Summary

Book Description: The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950s to target wormlike, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that the chemical was dangerous, it was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiquita and Dole banana plantations in Central America. In the late 1970s, DBCP was linked to male sterility, but an uneven regulatory process left many workersÑespecially on DoleÕs banana farmsÑexposed for years after health risks were known. Susanna Rankin Bohme tells an intriguing, multilayered history that spans fifty years, highlighting 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 and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike.

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