The Extraterritoriality of Toxicity
Romea Muryń
Current
The research aims to investigate the dynamics of artificially generated toxicity and its effects on human and other–than–human bodies. By tracing their sources to encounter responsible actors, it aims to analyse how regulatory ownership regimes fail to address contamination fluidity and are, therefore, incapable of protecting populations and the environment from the menace of corporative pollution. It also highlights the issues of irreversibility, accountability and responsibility of the corporations who are the sources of this pollution and create tools and strategies to handle the contamination and reduce harm to those affected.
How can we measure and determine the irreversible harms of these chemical particles on the human body and broader environment? Can we define accountability not in terms of actions taken, but through an analysis of their consequences over the entire period of chemical dissolvement and degradability? How could the legal-political-ecological sphere attribute responsibility for environmental consequences?
How can we measure and determine the irreversible harms of these chemical particles on the human body and broader environment? Can we define accountability not in terms of actions taken, but through an analysis of their consequences over the entire period of chemical dissolvement and degradability? How could the legal-political-ecological sphere attribute responsibility for environmental consequences?