[Prefazione a:] Tossicità : voci, saperi e conflitti in una zona di sacrificio, a cura di Vittorio Martone, Rosalba Altopiedi, Eleonora Bechis, Andrea Filippo Ravenda, Napoli, Orthotes, 2026

This introductory essay deals with the way in which toxic industrialization and its production of sacrifice zones has engendered responses from citizens and concerned scientists that sought to contestate official denials of problems, producing contrarian evidence. The case on which the book focuses is emblematic of a long controversy and not yet concluded battle for healthier environment and working conditions