Off the Hook: The Social Inequities Inherent in Savannah River Mercury Fish Advisories

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dc.contributorAmarasiriwardena, Dulasiri
dc.contributorTownsley, Eleanor
dc.contributorLass, Andrew
dc.contributorCarl, Frank
dc.contributor.advisorMorgan, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lauren Wooten
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-16T21:23:04Z
dc.date.available2011-11-16T21:23:04Z
dc.date.gradyear2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-11-16
dc.descriptionMedical Anthropologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis builds upon my findings of mercury contamination in the Savannah River (summarized in Chapter I and Chapter II) by examining the mercury exposure from fish consumption in the Savannah River. I examine the various complex problems surrounding elevated mercury levels in fish and fish consumption for Savannah River anglers (fishermen) utilizing a portfolio of methods in order to address the interconnected and web-like nature of the subject matter. Chapter III uses scientific discourses on mercury to provide the reader with the natural science background necessary to understand the following chapter. Chapter IV presents quantitative mercury analysis of the hair samples used to assess mercury impact on Savannah River anglers. Chapter V builds on the quantitative data presented in the preceding chapters, by providing a more qualitative analysis of the issues using participant-observation and questionnaire data. Chapter VI pulls together the threads introduced in the previous chapters from a political economy perspective.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSociology & Anthropologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/918
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
dc.rights.restrictedpublic
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
dc.subjectmercuryen_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectmedical anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectanthropologyen_US
dc.subjecttoxinen_US
dc.subjectSavannah Riveren_US
dc.subjectfish advisoryen_US
dc.subjectenvironmenten_US
dc.titleOff the Hook: The Social Inequities Inherent in Savannah River Mercury Fish Advisoriesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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