Historia szopienickiej epidemii ołowicy a współczesny problem zanieczyszczenia środowiska na Śląsku. Z Doktor Jolantą Wadowską-Król rozmawia Aleksandra Lange
On the past Szopienice lead poisoning epidemic in relation to the contemporary problem of environmental pollution in Upper Silesia. Doctor Jolanta Wadowska-Król in conversation with Aleksandra Lange

Summary/Abstract: The interview with Jolanta Wadowska-Król concerns the problem of lead poisoning, which occurred amongst children from Szopienice, a district of Katowice, in the 1970s. This occupational disease mainly affected industrial workers who were exposed to this element in hazardous concentration. However, what is unique about the events that took place in Szopienice was that also children were afflicted by lead poisoning in droves. It resulted from the fact that their living environment had been contaminated by particulate matter coming from the nearby steelworks. In the conversation with Doctor Wadowska-Król, the lead poisoning is considered in the context of climate change in Upper Silesia, in particular the air pollution caused by the region’s heavy industry. The past events are used to discuss such issues as manual work, ecofeminism, the Silesian matriarchy, and environmental injustice.

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