Tousignant, Noemi (Author)
Duke University Press
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Language: English
In the industrialized nations of the global North, well-funded agencies like the CDC attend to citizens' health, monitoring and treating for toxic poisons like lead. How do the under-resourced nations of the global South meet such challenges? In Edges of Exposure, Noémi Tousignant traces the work of toxicologists in Senegal as they have sought to warn of and remediate the presence of heavy metals and other poisons in their communities. Situating recent toxic scandals within histories of science and regulation in postcolonial Africa, Tousignant shows how decolonization and structural adjustment have impacted toxicity and toxicology research. Ultimately, as Tousignant reveals, scientists' capacity to conduct research—as determined by material working conditions, levels of public investment, and their creative but not always successful efforts to make visible the harm of toxic poisons—affects their ability to keep equipment, labs, projects, and careers going.
...MoreReview Arnold, David J. (2019) Review of "Edges of Exposure: Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 288-290).
Review Agata Mazzeo (2019) Review of "Edges of Exposure: Toxicology and the Problem of Capacity in Postcolonial Senegal". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 438-440).
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