In this episode of the Hagley History Hangout we interview Simone M. Muller, professor of global environmental history at the University of Augsburg and author of the Hagley Award-winning book The Toxic Ship: The Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade. 

From the publisher: “An infamous voyage explores the hazardous waste trade and environmental justice - 
 
In 1986 the Khian Sea, carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Philadelphia, began a two-year journey, roaming the world's oceans in search of a dumping ground. Its initial destination and then country after country refused to accept the waste. The ship ended up dumping part of its load in Haiti under false pretenses, and the remaining waste was illegally dumped in the ocean. Two shipping company officials eventually received criminal convictions. 
 
Simone M. Müller uses the Khian Sea's voyage as a lens to elucidate the global trade in hazardous waste—the movement of material ranging from outdated consumer products and pesticides to barges filled with all sorts of toxic discards—from the 1970s to the present day, exploring the story's international nodes and detailing the downside of environmental conscientiousness among industrial nations as waste is pushed outward. Müller also highlights the significance of the trip's start in Philadelphia, a city with a significant African American population. The geographical origins shed light on environmental racism within the United States in the context of the global story of environmental justice. Activism in response to the ship's journey set an important precedent, and this book brings together the many voices that shaped the international trade in hazardous waste.” 

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The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade with Simone M. Müller

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How did this happen?

Outside of London, 2000 pound bombs are loaded one after the other into the bellies of B-52s headed for Iran, and no one cries out to stop this industry of death.

Creation is slow; destruction, fast.

How did this happen?

A culture that gave us a full fifth of Nobels and musicians extraordinaire, that suffered the full thrust of Nazi terror, now itself an utterly ruthless apartheid Waffen-SS, head of the most hated state on Earth.

Creation is slow; destruction, fast.

How did this happen?

Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and that same body gives us now 535 of the most dangerous beings in human history and tells me I have to be a Christian or die on their cross.

Creation is slow; destruction, fast.

How did this happen?

Upon the altar of God I pledge undying hostility to any government restriction of the free minds of the people. Schools are boarded up. Radios silenced. Abortions, illegal. People don’t have enough to eat. And yet the bombs get bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger, till Nemesis can no longer hold her breath....

Creation is slow. Destruction, fast.

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The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade with Simone M. Müller

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