Laura Westra is professor emerita at Windsor University in Windsor, Canada.
Lawson, Bill : Michigan State University
Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
Summary
Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental
hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally,
wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in
such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom
reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both
domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions
as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to
sustainable development in the South.
