The U.S. government, military, and industry once saw ocean
incineration as the safest and most efficient way to dispose of
hazardous chemical waste. Beginning in the late 1960s, toxic
chemicals such as PCBs and other harmful industrial byproducts were
taken out to sea to be destroyed in specially designed ships
equipped with high-temperature combustion chambers and smokestacks.
But public outcry arose after the environmental and health risks of
ocean incineration were exposed, and the practice was banned in the
early 1990s. Smoke on the Water traces the rise and fall of ocean
incineration, showing how a transnational environmental movement
tested the limits of U.S. political and economic power. Dario Fazzi
examines the anti-ocean-incineration movement that emerged on both
sides of the Atlantic, arguing that it succeeded by merging local
advocacy with international mobilization. He emphasizes the role
played at the grassroots level by women, migrant workers, and other
underrepresented groups who were at greatest risk. Environmental
groups, for their part, gathered and shared evidence about the
harms of at-sea incineration, building scientific consensus and
influencing international debates. Smoke on the Water tells the
compelling story of a campaign against environmental degradation in
which people from marginalized communities took on the might of the
U.S. military-industrial complex. It offers new insights into the
transnational dimensions of environmental regulation, the
significance of nonstate actors in international history, and the
making of environmental justice movements.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Global America |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Dario Fazzi
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-21243-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-231-21243-7 |
Barcode: |
9780231212434 |
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