Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown

by Debora Alejandra Swistun, Javier Auyero, Débora Swistun

Book Overview

Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019537293X
• ISBN13: 9780195372939
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"