Toxic: A Tour of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through toxic tours in which a guide brings participants – students, lawyers, environmental activists, journalists, and foreign tourists – to visit contaminated sites. These toxic tours combine personal experience and local knowledge to convince visitors of the immediacy of environmental issues.

Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, Toxic takes the reader on a visual toxic tour through the Amazo...