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The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade
Simone M. Müller follows the Khian Sea, a cargo ship that left Philadelphia in 1986 carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash and spent years searching for a place to unload it. The voyage reveals how hazardous waste moved from a local disposal problem into a global trade shaped by unequal power. Tracking ports, regulators, activists, and shipping interests, the book shows how communities resisted becoming dumping grounds. The ship's notorious journey helped spur international rules while exposing the persistent geography of environmental injustice.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Publication date
- 2023-08-08
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 266
- ISBN
- 9780295751832
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