Toxic Matters: Narrating Italy's Dioxin

by Monica Seger

Book Overview

In Toxic Matters, Monica Seger considers two Italian environmental disasters: an isolated factory explosion in Seveso, just north of Milan, in 1976 and the ongoing daily toxic emissions from the Ilva steelworks in the Apulian city of Taranto. Both have exposed residents to high concentrations of the persistent organic pollutant known as dioxin. Although different in terms of geography and temporality, Seveso and Taranto are deeply united...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813948363
• ISBN13: 9780813948362
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"