Toxic injustice : a transnational history of exposure and struggle / Susanna Rankin Bohme.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohme, Susanna Rankin, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dibromochloropropane--Toxicology.

Dibromochloropropane.

Dibromochloropropane--Health aspects--Law and legislation.

Agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene.

Agricultural laborers.

Environmental justice.

Fruit trade--Health aspects--Law and legislation.

Fruit trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950's 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 1970's, DBCP was linked to male sterility, but an uneven regulatory process left many workers-especially on Dole's banana farms-exposed 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Roots of Optimism and Anxiety

2. DBCP on the Farm

3. Unequal Exposures

4. An Inconvenient Forum?

5. Making a Movement

6. National Law, Transnational Justice?

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520278998

0520278992

9780520959811

0520959817

OCLC:

966869045