Toxic Injustice - by Susanna Rankin Bohme (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 workers--especially on Dole's banana farms--exposed for years after health risks were known. <p/> Susanna Rankin Bohme tells an intriguing, multilayered history that spans fifty years, highlighting the transnational reach of corporations and social justice movements. <i>Toxic Injustice</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A new landmark in the literature on environmental health. Fluid and agile in scope, precise and searching in its pursuit of what matters most, <i>Toxic Injustice</i> tells a tale by turns harrowing and hopeful, as corporations with deep pockets and few scruples match up against activist-victims and their allies who, it turns out, have a few tricks up their own collective sleeves. A must-read for anyone wishing to understand the globalized economy of risk in our early twenty-first century: how its worst dangers get foisted upon the most vulnerable, but also how its cracks and crevices create new transnational openings for the pursuit of justice. <br> --Christopher C. Sellers, author of <i>Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science</i> <p/> <i>Toxic Injustice</i> provides an important update to a long-running and well-publicized struggle on the part of agricultural workers from Central America against some of the best known and most powerful U.S.-based corporations. More importantly, it explores the limits and possibilities for those seeking justice or compensation from powerful transnational actors. <i>Toxic Injustice</i> confirms that taking on transnational corporations requires strategies and movements that are transnational in their reach, but it also reveals the ways that--despite reports of the demise of the nation-state--nationalisms and nation-states remain crucial forces in the contemporary world. <br> --John Soluri, author of <i>Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States</i> <p/> <i>Toxic Injustice</i> sheds new light on globalization and the nation-state. It is truly multidisciplinary, drawing together environmental, legal, medical, labor, industrial, and transnational histories. Susanna Rankin Bohme finds little-known sources to tell the story of how multinational companies and national governments have been involved with the production, distribution, and regulation of the pesticide DBCP, and the result is devastating. <br> --Aviva Chomsky, author of <i>Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An invaluable book."-- "The Journal of American History"<br><br>"Bohme dissects the sectorial and geographic inequalities around health and regulation as she unpacks the growing evidence for the harm caused by DBCP exposure... [the book] demonstrates how focusing on a single event or process invites us to look at the wider social and historical context in which it occurs, and in doing so reveals the complexities of a political economy in today's global environment."-- "Latin American Research Review"<br><br>"[Bohme] has skillfully brought together an extensive amount of detail from multiple sources. . . Recommended."--Byron Anderson "Electronic Green Journal" (6/22/2015 12:00:00 AM)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Susanna Rankin Bohme </b>is Lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard University.
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