Refining Expertise : How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges
Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of ScienceResidents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove...
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2013
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