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100 1 $aDietrich, Alexa S.
245 14 $aThe drug company next door :$bpollution, jobs, and community health in Puerto Rico /$cAlexa S. Dietrich.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNew York University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axx, 231 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aBarnard Library copy: Barnard Alum Collection.$5NNC
505 0 $aKey events timeline for Nocora's environmental health -- Understanding political ecologies of risk in Puerto Rico -- Little by Little. The dose makes the poison: how making drugs harms environments and people. -- Progress. In the beginning was the corporation: progress, pollution, and the public trust. -- Playing Politics. The rituals and consequences of community politics and dissent. -- "Fresh minds" on Parade. Environmental justice is not always just. -- Good Neighbors (a Conversation). The pharmaceutical industry and the problem of "stakeholders". -- "Salud te Recomienda". Radical redistributions of knowledge: a holistic view of environmental health.
520 $aThe production of pharmaceuticals is among the most profitable industries on the planet. Drug companies produce chemical substances that can save, extend, or substantially improve the quality of human life. However, even as the companies present themselves publicly as health and environmental stewards, their factories are a significant source of air and water pollution, toxic to people and the environment. In Puerto Rico, the pharmaceutical industry is the backbone of the island's economy: in one small town alone, there are over a dozen drug factories representing five multinationals, the highest concentration per capita of such factories in the world. It is a place where the enforcement of environmental regulations and the public trust they ensure are often violated in the name of economic development. This book unites the concerns of critical medical anthropology with those of political ecology, investigating the multi-faceted role of pharmaceutical corporations as polluters, economic providers, and social actors. Rather than simply demonizing the drug companies, the volume explores the dynamics involved in their interactions with the local community and discusses the strategies used by both individuals and community groups to deal with the consequences of pollution. It puts a human face on a growing set of problems for communities around the world. The book encourages readers to think critically about the role of corporations in everyday life, health, and culture. -- Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
650 0 $aPharmaceutical industry$xEnvironmental aspects$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aPharmaceutical industry$xRisk assessment$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aPollution$xSocial aspects$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aPollution$xEconomic aspects$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy$zPuerto Rico$xCitizen participation.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.$2bisacsh
650 12 $aDrug Industry$xethics$zPuerto Rico.
650 22 $aEnvironmental Pollutants$xtoxicity$zPuerto Rico.
650 22 $aEnvironmental Pollution$xadverse effects$zPuerto Rico.
650 22 $aPublic Policy$zPuerto Rico.
650 22 $aRisk Assessment$zPuerto Rico.
650 22 $aSocial Participation$zPuerto Rico.
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