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WEBApr 30, 2021 · Petrochemical futures and the question of hope. Alice Mah, University of Warwick Public consciousness of toxic pollution and environmental injustice has changed a great deal since Toxic News was first published in November 2015. The Oxford English Dictionary’s Words of the Year reflect the sweeping societal transformations of …
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WEBThe editors of Toxic News are currently taking a break from publishing this e-magazine, following the completion of the European Research Council-funded project Toxic Expertise in 2020. The Toxic Expertise research team launched and edited the e-magazine between 2015 and 2021. We hope to be able to relaunch this …
‘Critical’ Minerals and the Politics of Refusal – Toxic News
WEBApr 30, 2021 · A Politics of Refusal. In Mohawk political anthropologist Audra Simpson’s conception, refusal is an alternative mode of politics and practice, in critical relationship to the state. Neskantaga First Nation is a community currently engaged in this politics. As Allan Lissner’s incisive documentary demonstrates, Anishinaabe people there ...
The Global Petrochemical Map: Drawing the Political ... - Toxic News
WEBAug 29, 2019 · David Brown and Lorenzo Feltrin, University of Warwick. Introducing the Global Petrochemical Map. In July this year, the Toxic Expertise team launched the pilot version of The Global Petrochemical Map.This public resource is a collaborative project that seeks to make petrochemical connections around the globe visible and to show the commonalities and differences in communities’ experiences ...
PX Events from the Perspective of Social Constructivism - Toxic News
WEBNov 8, 2016 · ZHANG Hubiao, Associate Professor, Sociology Department of Hohai University, China In recent years, a series of PX (paraxylene) events have occurred in China. Public concern in China over PX first started with the mass protests in the city of Xiamen in Fujian province, over a planned paraxylene plant. The …
Seattle’s Segregated Riskscape - Toxic News
WEBFeb 21, 2019 · By 2010, South Seattle polluters outnumbered those on the Northside by six to one. Facilities in South Seattle also accounted for more than 95% of the air toxic pollution risk burden by 2010. Industry and its pollution is being gentrified out of North Seattle while concentrating in the Duwamish River Valley.
In search of environmental justice and possible futures for the ...
WEBNov 17, 2020 · In 2003, an epidemiological study showed that more than 50% of children had lead in their blood; at that moment the tolerated dose was 10 ugm/dl, now it is half of this. Becoming aware of the toxic surroundings was a difficult process full of sadness, anguish, sorrow, anger, deceit and denial. We named …
Translating Toxic Exposure: Taiwan RCA – Toxic News
WEBFeb 1, 2018 · The defendants have been ordered to pay a total sum of 718.4 million Taiwan dollars (approximately US$ 23.7 million) in compensation to 486 of the 513 plaintiffs, all former employees of RCA Taiwan. Joseph Lin, head of the plaintiffs group of lawyers, translating into plain Mandarin the main points of the verdict, at the Taipei High Court, 27 ...
‘El aire está malo’: Living with toxics in a Chilean ... - Toxic News
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · [email protected]. ‘El aire está malo’ (‘the air feels bad´) is a common expression among people from the Quintero-Puchuncaví bay (V Region of Valparaíso, Chile), who must deal with the atmospheric emissions generated by the industrial complex Ventanas on a daily basis. In the past, such a zone was known for the great quality of its ...
Revisiting the Air Pollution Crisis in China - Toxic News
WEBFeb 1, 2018 · Fangfang Li ,Universiteit van Amsterdam, Department of Anthropology, United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health A Toxic Smog Crisis In 2017, China faced a renewed smog crisis, even worse than similar situations in past years. Most of the country was affected, including southern regions previously considered ‘safe’ from air pollution (e.g., Guangzhou).