Navigating Chemical Toxicity in Coca Production in the Colombian Borderlands of Putumayo.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Medical Anthropology Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.1080/01459740.2023.2249202

Camilo Acero, Linda Ordoñez, Magdalena Harris, Tim Rhodes, Adam Holland, Francisco Gutierrez-Sanín

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Abstract

In Putumayo, a jungle borderland in southern Colombia, thousands of farmers derive their livelihood from the cultivation and processing of coca leaf, exposing themselves to fertilizers, pesticides, and other toxic chemicals on a daily basis. In this article, we show how the coca growers' relationship with chemicals and the health risks to which they are exposed, are politically and institutionally structured. We discuss the specific impact of anti-narcotics policy in a broader context of deep inequalities and document the emergent and adaptive day-to-day attempts of the farmers to navigate the structural risk environment.

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哥伦比亚普图马约边境地区可口可乐生产中的化学毒性导航。

在哥伦比亚南部的丛林边界Putumayo，数千名农民的生计来自古柯叶的种植和加工，每天暴露在化肥、杀虫剂和其他有毒化学品中。在这篇文章中，我们展示了古柯种植者与化学品的关系以及他们所面临的健康风险是如何在政治和制度上形成的。我们在深度不平等的更广泛背景下讨论了禁毒政策的具体影响，并记录了农民应对结构性风险环境的紧急和适应性的日常尝试。

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Medical Anthropology Multiple-

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4.10

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： Medical Anthropology provides a global forum for scholarly articles on the social patterns of ill-health and disease transmission, and experiences of and knowledge about health, illness and wellbeing. These include the nature, organization and movement of peoples, technologies and treatments, and how inequalities pattern access to these. Articles published in the journal showcase the theoretical sophistication, methodological soundness and ethnographic richness of contemporary medical anthropology. Through the publication of empirical articles and editorials, we encourage our authors and readers to engage critically with the key debates of our time. Medical Anthropology invites manuscripts on a wide range of topics, reflecting the diversity and the expanding interests and concerns of researchers in the field.