Sugar plantations, Chemical Plants, COVID-19
The chemical plants in Cancer Alley are built where there once were sugar plantations. Descendants of enslaved communities still live nearby.
Combo Disaster and Environmental Injustice
Join us for the Disaster STS Network’s Fall 2021 virtual tour of Louisiana's Cancer Alley, a corridor of chemical plants along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans with shockin
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Andreas_RebmannThis article focuses more on the long term effects of Chernobyl and the situations that arise from its long term effects.
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Andreas_RebmannSonja argues that no one is prepared for nuclear disasters, and that there should be planning, training, and resources available for these disasters.
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Andreas_RebmannThe research is mostly done observationally, from Good’s own experiences trying to do other research in Turkey
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It isn’t, but the take-aways of trying to access a patient’s history through the lens of their narrative help to explain the difficulty of getting at the root issue while dealing with a patient
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Andreas_RebmannEpidemics following natural disasters do not occur because of chaos or dead bodies, which was thought to be the root cause. The primary cause of illness is actually population displacement, and the disruptions in food supply, sanitation, and availability of healthcare that it causes.