By knocking chemicals loose from soil, homes, industrial-waste sites or other sources, and spreading them into the air, water and ground, disasters— often intensified by climate change — appear to be exposing people to an array of physical ailments including respiratory disease and cancer.
Christopher Flavelle, "‘Toxic Stew’ Stirred Up by Disasters Poses Long-Term Danger, New Findings Show", contributed by Jason Ludwig, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 11 August 2019, accessed 18 May 2022. https://disaster-sts-network.org/content/‘toxic-stew’-stirred-disasters-poses-long-term-danger-new-findings-show
Critical Commentary
By knocking chemicals loose from soil, homes, industrial-waste sites or other sources, and spreading them into the air, water and ground, disasters— often intensified by climate change — appear to be exposing people to an array of physical ailments including respiratory disease and cancer.