Daniel Renfrew
Life without Lead: Contamination, Crisis, and Hope in Uruguay
Life without Lead: Contamination, Crisis, and Hope in Uruguay
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Life without Lead explores the social, political, and environmental dimensions of a devastating lead poisoning epidemic in Uruguay, tracing the rise of an environmental social justice movement and the local and transnational circulation of environmental ideologies and contested science.
Format: Hardback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 04 September 2018
Publisher: University of California Press
Life without Lead delves into the intricate social, political, and environmental facets of a catastrophic lead poisoning epidemic. Adopting a political ecology of health lens, the book contextualizes the Uruguayan lead contamination crisis within the framework of neoliberal reform, globalization, and the resurgence of the political Left in Latin America. The author traces the emergence of an environmental social justice movement, as well as the local and transnational dissemination of environmental ideologies and contentious scientific knowledge. Through meticulous ethnographic analysis, this book uncovers the intricate interplay between contamination mitigation, class politics, the correlation between lead poisoning and poverty, and the ongoing discussions regarding the most effective methods for identifying and addressing this unprecedented local environmental health crisis.
Life without Lead explores the profound social, political, and environmental dimensions of a devastating lead poisoning epidemic.
Drawing from a political ecology of health perspective, the book situates the Uruguayan lead contamination crisis within the broader context of neoliberal reform, globalization, and the resurgence of the political Left in Latin America.
The author delves into the rise of an environmental social justice movement, tracing the local and transnational circulation of environmental ideologies and contested science.
Through meticulous ethnographic analysis, the book sheds light on how combating contamination intersected with class politics, shedding light on the relationship between lead poisoning and poverty.
It also engages in critical debates about the most effective strategies for identifying and managing this unprecedented local environmental health problem.
Weight: 572g
Dimension: 160 x 235 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520295469
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