Acero, Camilo, Ordoñez, Linda, Harris, Magdalena, Rhodes, Tim, Holland, Adam and Gutierrez-Sanín, Francisco (2023) Navigating chemical toxicity in coca production in the Colombian borderlands of Putumayo. Medical anthropology, 42 (7). 650 - 666. ISSN 1545-5882
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/gmea20 |
| Additional Information: | © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2023 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2024 20:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120476 |
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