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The Drug Company Next Door - Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico (Hardcover, New)
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The Drug Company Next Door - Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico (Hardcover, New)
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"This fascinating and most timely critical medical anthropology
study successfully binds two still emergent areas of contemporary
anthropological research in the global world: the nature and
significant impact of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on
human social life everywhere, and the contribution of corporations
to the fast-paced degradation of our life support system, planet
Earth. . . . Focusing on a pharmaceutically-impacted town on the
colonized island of Puerto Rico, Dietrich ably demonstrates the
value of ethnography carried out in small places in framing the
large issues facing humanity." -Merrill Singer, University of
Connecticut The production of pharmaceuticals is among the most
profitable industries on the planet. Drug companies produce
chemical substances that can save, extend, or substantially improve
the quality of human life.However, even as the companies present
themselves publicly as health and environmental stewards, their
factories are a significant source of air and water
pollution--toxic to people and the environment. In Puerto Rico, the
pharmaceutical industry is the backbone of the island's economy: in
one small town alone, there are over a dozen drug factories
representing five multinationals, the highest concentration per
capita of such factories in the world. It is a place where the
enforcement of environmental regulations and the public trust they
ensure are often violated in the name of economic development. The
Drug Company Next Door unites the concerns of critical medical
anthropology with those of political ecology, investigating the
multi-faceted role of pharmaceutical corporations as polluters,
economic providers, and social actors. Rather than simply
demonizing the drug companies, the volume explores the dynamics
involved in their interactions with the local community and
discusses the strategies used by both individuals and community
groups to deal with the consequences of pollution. The Drug Company
Next Door puts a human face on a growing set of problems for
communities around the world. Accessible and engaging, the book
encourages readers to think critically about the role of
corporations in everyday life, health, and culture.
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