The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich
<p>Based on true facts, Erin Brockovich tells the story of the extraordinary role of a woman, with no legal<br />training and with a complicated family background, in the preparation and outcome of a successful<br />lawsuit against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for polluting...
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13768 |
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| description | <p>Based on true facts, Erin Brockovich tells the story of the extraordinary role of a woman, with no legal<br />training and with a complicated family background, in the preparation and outcome of a successful<br />lawsuit against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for polluting water for human consumption with<br />hexavalent chromium in Hinkley (California, USA). The film offers a view of the strategies used by large<br />industrial corporations for the concealment of environmental risks, while it claims the value of nonexpert<br />knowledge and the empowerment of the population as a whole in the defence of the right to<br />health.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fef837a6634b45af842b51fe0034f47d2022-12-22T02:44:16ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaRevista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies1885-52102016-09-0172546012575The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin BrockovichAlfredo MENÉNDEZ-NAVARRO0Universidad de Granada<p>Based on true facts, Erin Brockovich tells the story of the extraordinary role of a woman, with no legal<br />training and with a complicated family background, in the preparation and outcome of a successful<br />lawsuit against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for polluting water for human consumption with<br />hexavalent chromium in Hinkley (California, USA). The film offers a view of the strategies used by large<br />industrial corporations for the concealment of environmental risks, while it claims the value of nonexpert<br />knowledge and the empowerment of the population as a whole in the defence of the right to<br />health.</p>https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13768conocimiento legoactivismo socialsalud públicacontaminación ambiental. |
| spellingShingle | Alfredo MENÉNDEZ-NAVARRO The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies conocimiento lego activismo social salud pública contaminación ambiental. |
| title | The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich |
| title_full | The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich |
| title_fullStr | The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich |
| title_short | The Vindication of Non-expert Knowledge in the Defence of Public Health: Erin Brockovich |
| title_sort | vindication of non expert knowledge in the defence of public health erin brockovich |
| topic | conocimiento lego activismo social salud pública contaminación ambiental. |
| url | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13768 |
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