不公正的叙述:对黑脚民族有毒物质倾倒的调查。

4区 生物学 Q2 Medicine
Kimberly L Paul, Laura B Caplins
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引用次数: 4

摘要

50多年来,Amskapi Piikani(黑脚)民族的人民一直在传递“不好的东西”被秘密倾倒在他们剩下的家园的信息。这些报道,涉及受污染的废物和传闻中的垃圾场的位置,也与居住在黑脚民族的居民中发现的癌症集群有关。环境不公正的概念表明,最脆弱的人群,包括有色人种社区,往往经历了环境有毒接触的最负面现实,在美洲土著土地上处置有毒废物的情况并不罕见。考虑到黑脚社区是蒙大拿州癌症发病率最高的地区之一,这些说法值得进一步调查。这项研究调查了在黑脚地区的主权土地上非法倾倒是否可以证实,以及这是否是一个环境不公正的案例。这项调查采用了传统的土著和基于西方的定量和定性科学方法。传统的方法包括使用土著口头叙述。这些口头叙述然后通过西方的文献审查和地质、水和辐射调查的过程得到进一步的了解。作者通过口述历史和文献回顾发现了令人信服的证据,证明在黑脚地倾倒有毒物质;然而,粗略的水和辐射调查并没有得出结论。这项初步调查为推动这项调查所需的进一步研究提供了基础。
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Narratives of Injustice: An Investigation of Toxic Dumping within the Blackfeet Nation.

For over 50 years, the people of the Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet) Nation have relayed information of "something bad" being covertly dumped within their remaining homelands. These stories, addressing contaminated waste and the locations of rumored dump sites, have also been linked with perceived cancer clusters among residents who live within the Blackfeet Nation. The concept of environmental injustice suggests that often the most vulnerable populations, including communities of color, experience the most negative realities of environmental toxic exposures, and it is not uncommon for toxic wastes to be disposed of within Native American lands. Given that Blackfeet communities suffer from some of the highest rates of cancer in the state of Montana, these narratives warrant further investigation. This research examined whether illicit dumping within Blackfeet sovereign lands can be substantiated and if this is a case of environmental injustice. This investigation employed a mix of both traditional Indigenous and Western-based scientific methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative. Traditional methodologies included the use of Indigenous oral narratives. These oral narratives are then further informed with Western processes of document review and geologic, water, and radiation surveys. The authors found compelling evidence through the oral histories and document reviews for toxic dumping within Blackfeet lands; however, cursory water and radiation surveys were not conclusive. This initial inquiry provides the foundation for further research needed to press this investigation.

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Human Biology
Human Biology 生物-生物学
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88
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期刊介绍: Human Biology publishes original scientific articles, brief communications, letters to the editor, and review articles on the general topic of biological anthropology. Our main focus is understanding human biological variation and human evolution through a broad range of approaches. We encourage investigators to submit any study on human biological diversity presented from an evolutionary or adaptive perspective. Priority will be given to interdisciplinary studies that seek to better explain the interaction between cultural processes and biological processes in our evolution. Methodological papers are also encouraged. Any computational approach intended to summarize cultural variation is encouraged. Studies that are essentially descriptive or concern only a limited geographic area are acceptable only when they have a wider relevance to understanding human biological variation. Manuscripts may cover any of the following disciplines, once the anthropological focus is apparent: human population genetics, evolutionary and genetic demography, quantitative genetics, evolutionary biology, ancient DNA studies, biological diversity interpreted in terms of adaptation (biometry, physical anthropology), and interdisciplinary research linking biological and cultural diversity (inferred from linguistic variability, ethnological diversity, archaeological evidence, etc.).
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