Health, Risk, and Environmental Justice
Lecture Part 4
SOC165
Spring 2010
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In Part 4
•Environmental Justice, continued
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Examples
•Location of toxic industries
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•Polluting industries, such as chemicals, cement factories, etc., are often located in poorer areas
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Examples
•Location of waste facilities
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•Waste treatment and disposal facilities are often located in poorer areas
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International Waste
•Probo Koala in Africa
•Abidjan, Ivory Coast
•Political scandal, corruption
•9000 ill, several dead
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Examples
•Child asthma
•Rates doubled in US between 1987-2004
•Czech air quality deteriorating, child allergies increasing
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Summary
•In this lecture we discussed …
•The connection between human health and environmental quality
•How risk theorizes connections between society and the environment, and defines the “late modern”
period
•The study of environmental justice
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•In the next lecture, we discuss…
•The ideology of environmental domination
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Citations Used in This Lecture
•ČTK. 2007. “Bursík: Czech Environment Not Improving,” October 8.
http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/185/czech_national_news/13011/ (Accessed October 8, 2007).
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•Knauer, S., et al. 2006. “Toxic-Waste Ship Probo Koala: Profits for Europe, Industrial Slop for
Africa”. Der Spiegel, September 18.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,437842,00.html (Accessed October 8, 2007).
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•Richmond, M.E. 2007. “Exacerbation of Childhood Asthma Among Children Living in Highly-Trafficked
Areas: An Unintended Public Health Consequence of Diesel-Emission Control Technology”. Paper
presented at the 6th Global Conference on Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship. Organized
by Interdisciplinary Net. July 2-5, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK.