Mining corporations and air pollution science before the Age of Ecology

Juan Diego Pérez Cebada

Ecological Economics, 2016, vol. 123, issue C, 77-83

Abstract: Smelter smoke was the origin of great social conflicts from the 19th century. Institutions, mining companies, and affected groups hired scientists to back their arguments in these disputes. The main objective of the experts was to determine the influence of dust, fumes and especially gases, such as sulfur dioxide, on health and vegetation.

Keywords: Mining pollution conflicts; Mining conservationism; Proactive environmental strategies; Sulfur dioxide; Post-Normal Science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.12.001

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