Nuclear Catastrophe, Disaster-Related Environmental Injustice, and Fukushima, Japan: Prima-Facie Evidence for a Japanese “Katrina”
Nuclear Catastrophe, Disaster-Related Environmental Injustice, and Fukushima, Japan: Prima-Facie Evidence for a Japanese “Katrina”
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核灾难、与灾难相关的环境不公正以及日本福岛：日本“卡特里娜”飓风的初步证据
DOI：
10.1089/env.2011.0045
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
K. Shrader
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作者：
K. Shrader
由于日本少数民族很少，人们可能会认为其环境不公正（EI）的威胁是罕见的。这篇文章表明他们并不罕见。它还表明，初步证据的EI出现不仅是因为在贫困或少数民族社区的有毒或污染设施，但也因为种族主义和阶级歧视，导致灾害相关的环境不公正（DREI）-像卡特里娜飓风后发生的。使用2011年日本福岛第一核灾难（FD）作为一个初步的案例研究，尽管有限的可用，ultima-facie信息FD危害的文章主张四个索赔。(1)在FD事故发生之前，初步证据表明，穷人、“黑人”（部落民）蓝领工人和儿童是EI受害者，他们的贫困和无能为力使他们接受了有风险的FD选址。(2)在事故发生之前，初步证据同样表明，由于允许的FD辐射释放，这些EI受害者承担了更高的医疗风险。（三）……
Abstract Because Japan has few minorities, one might expect that its environmental-injustice (EI) threats are rare. This article suggests they are not rare. It also shows that prima-facie evidence for EI arises not only because of siting noxious or polluting facilities in poor or minority communities, but also because of racism and classism that cause disaster-related environmental injustice (DREI)—like that occurring after Hurricane Katrina. Using the 2011 Japanese Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster (FD) as a preliminary case study—despite the limits of available, ultima-facie information about FD harms—the article argues for four claims. (1) Before the FD accident, prima-facie evidence shows that poor people, “black” (buraku) blue-collar workers, and children were EI victims whose poverty and powerless caused them to accept the risky FD siting. (2) Before the accident, prima-facie evidence likewise shows that these same EI victims bore higher medical risks because of allowable FD radiation releases. (3)...