Health, Risk, and Environmental Justice Lecture Part 1 SOC165 Spring 2010 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 2 This Week’s Topic •Health, Risk, and Environmental Justice logo Cleaner Pesticide how_pollution_affects [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 3 This Week’s Required Materials •Required reading: •Bell: Body and Health (Chapter 5) •Bell: Risk (Chapter 9) •Required video: •“The Future of Food” •Vyvyan Howard: The chemical industry and toxicology •Vyvyan Howard: Rising cancer rates • blue_film_roll Cover Image [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 4 In Part 1 •The “Invironment” missles2a sushi 20060731-oc-boardwalk-0127-800 0914waterfall [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 5 The “Invironment”? •Human health •The environment is out there, and also in here pollution endoscopy%202 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 6 The “Invironment” •“So rather than speaking of the ‘body’ and the ‘environment,’ I suggest we speak of the ‘invironment’ and the ‘environment’ – where the invironment refers to the zone of the body’s perpetual dialog with the environment.” • – Bell, p. 108 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 7 Material Dialogue •Living downstream: we are all connected to environment small_county_map Atomic_Bomb1 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 8 Ideal Dialogue •The body is also in an ideational relationship with the environment: –How we interpret nature’s effect on our bodies –How our understanding of our bodies affects our relation to nature –Related to eco-feminism swimming_hole 304043680XRXEwA_ph [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 9 Health and the Environment •Historically, there have been efforts to conquer nature to promote public health –Fighting diseases –Trying to obtain enough food •But in modern world, we see connections between environmental quality and human health pollution 23113879 Food_relief_by_USAID_darfur_2_photo01 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 10 The Invironment and Sustainability •Concern about invironment relates to sustainability • •Survival • •Environmental problems threaten individual health, and may damage genes & harm future generations [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 11 The Invironment and Sustainability •Biodiversity •Utilitarian value of nature for ecosystem services and to help human health 501169892203Rice%20terrace%20field BearSalmon cattails1 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 12 The Invironment and Sustainability •Equity • •Environmental quality available to all, or are some people exploited or threatened by environmental problems? adventure_spa romance-at-siam-bay-resort TurtleBayResort_View bhopal [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 13 The Invironment and Sustainability •Quality of Life • •A clean environment, and good health, are key to the good life playground-full kids%20soccer%204 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 14 Health and the Environment •Pesticides • •Threaten environment and people • •Examples: insecticides, fungicides • •“Interaction effects” pesticide%20app [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 15 Pesticides and Pollution •Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) •Harm Eskimo health & culture •Biomagnification •Bioaccumulation inuit&kayak lc_inuit_sm Picture1 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 16 biomagnification2-copy [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 17 Pesticides and Pollution •Rich can afford organic food and to live in places less affected by pollution •Bell: “Vanity food” 255967299_02bb1c1206 img_enroll3 img_womanstore3 [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 18 End of Part 1 Continue to Part 2. Dot [USEMAP] The Invironment and Risk ● Part 1 19 Citations Used in This Lecture •Bell, M.M. 2004. An Invitation to Environmental Sociology. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press. •