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Seeing Mines: Introducing ‘Mountains in My Body’, a Book Project
In which the author traces the supply chain of her internal cardiac defibrillator, wrestling with the complications inherent in a global economy, including the environmental costs of technology. hese are the details about Questa I have never forgotten: The hair of the children turned white. Their fingernails streaked white. White blobs poured from the faucets. On windy days, dried tailings whipped into dust clouds that blinded the valley, settling over town. Eyes and throats burned. The dried-up and bleached…
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