Environmental victims
Subtitle: new risks, new injustice
By: edited by Christopher Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Christopher, 1952 Sept. 6-
Publisher: Earthscan Publications; Brand: Earthscan Publications Ltd.; Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Environmental Illness.; Chemical Industry.; Social Justice.; Environmental health.; Environmentally induced diseases.; Environmental policy -- Case studies.
Description: Considers the social justice and human rights implications of environmental disasters, arguing that perpetrators of these disasters should be held accountable and victims should have greater redress for their suffering. The contributors hold that for too long companies have been shielded from liability for industrial accidents and pollution that causes disease among local populations, and that such problems should be treated as questions of justice first, before they are considered as medical problems to be treated within the medical system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.