Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region
This article explores the results of an ethnographic investigation carried out between November 2022 and March 2023, within the agricultural sector in highly PFAS-contaminated areas in the Veneto region, Italy. In order to understand how farmers experienced the contamination and what they think abou...
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Archivio antropologico mediterraneo
2024
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | This article explores the results of an ethnographic investigation carried out between November 2022 and March 2023, within the agricultural sector in highly PFAS-contaminated areas in the Veneto region, Italy. In order to understand how farmers experienced the contamination and what they think about their experiences, field research and semi-structured interviews were conducted. In the absence of any institutional support and clear regulations, the institutional laissez-faire approach has accentuated individual accountability, leaving farmers alone to deal with these chemical compounds. Considering this context, the precarity of the farming sector, a main feature of the socioecological context of the contamination, along with the fractures and silence resulting from the contamination, are analyzed. |
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