Susanna Rankin Bohme: 1 book
Toxic Injustice
A Transnational History of Exposure and Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950s to target wormlike, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that the chemical was dangerous, it was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiquita and Dole banana...
