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      Chemical Rubble: Historicizing Toxic Waste in a Former Mining Town in Northern Chile Translated title: Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History, Autumn 2016, no. 20: Chemical Rubble: Historicizing Toxic Waste in a Former Mining Town in Northern Chile

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          This short piece presents the case of Pabellón, a former mining town located in northern Chile. Although mineral processing finished long ago, it left behind a significant amount of highly toxic waste known as tailings, which is currently left abandoned in the vicinity of the town. As a way to bring back such toxins out of oblivion, the article proposes understanding tailings as chemical rubble, a key component of the chemical heritage of former mining activities. Such a notion should force us to care for such materials, both in historical and contemporary terms.

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          Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History
          Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany
          2016
          00 December 2016
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          10.5282/rcc/7704
          2aef7dce-78a6-40f0-80df-7670cb2689ea

          CC BY 4.0 2016 Sebastián Ureta

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          Literary studies,Philosophy of science,Environmental change,Environmental studies,Contemporary history,Cultural studies
          deserts,heritage,landscapes,mining,public health ,chemistry,toxicology,settlements,soil pollution,waste,Landscape Transformation,Pollution,Resources

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