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020			_a9780520278981 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aRA1270.P4 _bBOH 2015
082	0	0	_a363.738/4 _223
100	1		_aBohme, Susanna Rankin, _d1973- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aToxic injustice : _ba transnational history of exposure and struggle / _cSusanna Rankin Bohme.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2015
264		1	_c[
264		4	_c©2015
300			_axi, 343 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.
505	0		_aRoots of optimism and anxiety -- DBCP on the farm -- Toxic inequalities -- An inconvenient forum? -- Making a movement -- National law, transnational justice?
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aDibromochloropropane _xToxicology.
650		0	_aDibromochloropropane _xHealth aspects _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aFruit trade _xHealth aspects _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aAgricultural laborers _xHealth and hygiene.
650		0	_aEnvironmental justice.
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