The Exposure Experience
| Autor: | Serena Ryan, J. Matthew Judge, Phil Brown, Julia Green Brody |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Community-Based Participatory Research Social Psychology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Chemical exposure Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rivers Environmental health Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Ohio 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Aged 80 and over Fluorocarbons River valley Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental Exposure Middle Aged Economic benefits Harm Local economy Caprylates Environmental Pollution Psychology Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 57:333-350 |
| ISSN: | 2150-6000 0022-1465 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022146516661595 |
| Popis: | This article explores the “exposure experience” of participants who received their personal results in a biomonitoring study for perfluorooctanoic acid. Exposure experience is the process of identifying, understanding, and responding to chemical contamination. When biomonitoring studies report results to participants, those participants generate an exposure experience that identifies hidden contaminants and helps level informational imbalances between polluters and affected communities. Participants welcomed the opportunity to learn their exposure results, reporting no psychological harm following report-back. They wove health, economic, and political considerations into their interpretation of results and their present views of past impact. Participants framed their experiences by a half-century of dependence on the chemical industry’s economic benefits, leading them to considerable acceptance of chemical exposure as a tradeoff for jobs and the local economy. Our findings show that the exposure experience is an ongoing process that influences social action, with new activism being generated by exposure and health studies. |
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