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Release: 2003-09-12
Publisher: The MIT Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0262511347
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
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Louisiana annually reports over eight tons of toxic waste for each citizen. Uneasy Alchemy examines the role of experts -- lawyers, economists, health professionals, and scientists -- in the struggles for environmental justice in the state's infamous Chemical Corridor or "Cancer Alley." This legendary toxic zone between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is home to about 125 oil and chemical plants; cancer and respiratory illness rates there are among the highest in the nation. The efforts of residents to ensure a healthy environment is one of the most important social justice movements of the post-civil rights era.Louisiana is an especially appropriate venue for the examination of race, class, and politics within an environmental justice framework because of the critical role the chemical industry has played in the economic developmen Download Uneasy Alchemy for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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