Mujeres con “La Soja al Cuello”: Experiencias y Evidencias en Torno a la Contaminación de Cuerpos y Territorios en Buenos Aires

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12/2022
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Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental
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Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña
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2237-2717
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El uso intensivo de plaguicidas en la actividad agrícola ha configurado múltiples efectos socioambientales entre los que se destacan la contaminación de aguas y la aparición de diversas patologías en la población. Este artículo aborda un estudio de caso radicado en el partido de Pergamino, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mediante el análisis de prensa gráfica, documentos de investigación, informes de peritos, la totalidad de una causa judicial, así como de entrevistas realizadas a residentes, investigadores y querellantes, se analizan dos ejes. Por un lado, se reconstruyen experiencias de vida de mujeres afectadas. Por otro lado, se problematiza el lugar que ocupan en esta problemática estas experiencias y las evidencias que son instadas a presentar para probar los daños asociados. Las conclusiones señalan que el proceso de construcción de la evidencia científica opera en forma divergente cuando involucra ámbitos oficiales y cuando es demandada a población afectada. La depredación de los cuerpos y las aguas es posibilitada por diversos mecanismos institucionales, jurídicos, discursivos y materiales que fragmentan situaciones comunes y construyen a los efectos ambientales y sanitarios en episodios aislados. De este modo, la inversión de la carga de prueba se presenta como una de las condiciones necesarias para la expansión de estas prácticas productivas.
The intensive use of pesticides in agricultural activities has led to various socio-environmental impacts, including water contamination and the appearance of various pathologies in the population. This article deals with a case study located in the district of Pergamino, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Through the analysis of graphic press, research documents, expert reports, a court case, as well as interviews with residents, researchers and plaintiffs, two dimensions are analyzed. On the one hand, life experiences of affected women are reconstructed. On the other hand, the place that these experiences occupy in this problem and the evidence that they are urged to present to prove the associated damage is problematized. The conclusions indicate that the process of construction of scientific evidence operates divergently when it involves official regulatory spheres and when it is demanded from the affected population. The depredation of bodies and waters is made possible by various institutional, legal, discursive and material mechanisms that fragment common situations and construct environmental and health effects in isolated episodes. The reversal of the burden of proof is presented as one of the necessary conditions for the expansion of these productive practices.
The intensive use of pesticides in agricultural activities has led to various socio-environmental impacts, including water contamination and the appearance of various pathologies in the population. This article deals with a case study located in the district of Pergamino, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Through the analysis of graphic press, research documents, expert reports, a court case, as well as interviews with residents, researchers and plaintiffs, two dimensions are analyzed. On the one hand, life experiences of affected women are reconstructed. On the other hand, the place that these experiences occupy in this problem and the evidence that they are urged to present to prove the associated damage is problematized. The conclusions indicate that the process of construction of scientific evidence operates divergently when it involves official regulatory spheres and when it is demanded from the affected population. The depredation of bodies and waters is made possible by various institutional, legal, discursive and material mechanisms that fragment common situations and construct environmental and health effects in isolated episodes. The reversal of the burden of proof is presented as one of the necessary conditions for the expansion of these productive practices.
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