Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact focuses on
hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial disasters, the
consequent contamination of communities and the environment, and
the subsequent social impacts, including adverse health effects,
deaths and property destruction, psychosocial problems, and
community disruption. This book explains the emergence of a
sociological study of risk and of natural, technological, and
hybrid disasters, along with a review of the accumulated body of
knowledge in the field. It is unique in its integration of
sociological perspectives with perspectives from other disciplines
when discussing the problems posed by technological hazards both in
advanced industrialized societies and in the underdeveloped world.
Francis O. Adeola extends the field through an innovative
presentation of topics which up to now have had sparse treatment in
sociology texts. This book starts by presenting the sociology of
hazardous waste, risk, and disasters as a relatively new
development, engendering both a growing passion and an increasing
volume of empirical research among scholars. Next, it describes how
hazardous and toxic wastes disposal, exposure, remediation, and
proximate adverse health consequences have risen to the level of
endemic social problem both in the United States and around the
world. After discussing these cases in relation to contemporary
theories of industrial and organizational disasters, Adeola delves
into classifying of hazardous wastes, indicating the
characteristics of each type of waste, and identifying what makes
them especially dangerous to people and the environment. Other
major topics addressed in the rest of the book include electronic
waste (e-waste) as a new species of trouble in terms of the volume
and toxicity of global e-waste generation and management, the
environmental and health risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs), case studies of contaminated communities within the United
States and across the globe, the international flows of toxic
waste, analysis of risk and environmental contamination by race and
ethnicity in the United States, and the juxtaposition of the issues
of environmental justice and human rights. With its many
contributions to environmental sociology, Industrial Disasters,
Toxic Waste, and Community Impact will be a valuable addition to
the libraries of students, scholars, and practitioners interested
in the intersection of toxic waste releases, human exposure to
contaminants, and public health.
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