Toxic Matters: Narrating Italy's Dioxin
(Part of the Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism Series)
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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"
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