Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II South
On the use, abuse, and regulation of pesticides from World War II until 1970.
On the use, abuse, and regulation of pesticides from World War II until 1970.
An interdisciplinary collection of essays that investigates the various approaches and research fields of environmental history.
Powerless Science? looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.
Jennifer Clapp examines the nature of international trade in toxic waste and the roles of multinational corporations and environmental NGOs. Waste transfer has become a routine practice for firms in industrialized countries and poor countries accept these imports but struggle to manage the materials safely. She argues that governments have failed to recognize the voices of protest.