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Uneasy Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes(Urban and Industrial Environments)

Uneasy Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes(Urban and Industrial Environments)


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Louisiana annually reports over eight tons of toxic waste for each citizen. This volume examines the role of experts - lawyers, economists, health professionals and scientists - in the struggles for environmental justice in the state's infamous Chemical Corridor of "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 development of the state, and the weak record of state agencies in controlling toxic chemicals and enforcing environmental regulations. However, while Louisiana suffers from some of the worst chemical pollution in the nation, it has also been the site of important environmental victories. Using ethnographic analysis of interviews with citizens, activists and experts, media accounts, policy reports, government documents, minutes of hearings and company statements, Allen identifies the factors that contribute to successful environmental justice efforts. She finds that the most successful strategies involved temporary alliances between local citizens and expert-activists, across lines of race and class, and between local and national organizations.

About the Author :
Barbara L. Allen is Director of the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Center.

Review :
"A compelling analysis of one of this nation's legendary toxic zones. This book does a splendid job of examining the many voices, the myths, the science and its uncertainty, and does so within a theoretical framework that brings out much more than the original interview data reveal."--Sheldon Krimsky, Professor, Tufts University, and author of *Science in the Private Interest*


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780262012034
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Series Title: Urban and Industrial Environments
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 445 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0262012030
  • Publisher Date: 12 Sep 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Uneasy Alchemy
  • Sub Title: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes
  • Width: 152 mm


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