Shantytown Dwellers and Uncertainty in Endless Waiting
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What is one of the factors contributing to toxic uncertainty according to the text?

  • State officials' visits
  • Industrial pollution
  • Shifted responsibility (correct)
  • Media coverage

    • How do residents demonstrate denial of serious contamination according to the text?

  • By assuming lead is clustered in the poorest section
  • By challenging existing data (correct)
  • By ignoring their surroundings
  • By contributing to pollution

    • Which factor contributes to the normalization of pollution in the community?

  • State officials' visits
  • Media coverage
  • Denial of risk-perpetuating practices (correct)
  • Misinformation on lead contamination sources

    • What role does the media play in the context of toxic uncertainty in the text?

    <p>Misinforming residents about pollution sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do some residents shift responsibility for lead contamination according to the text?

    <p>To poor parenting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor demonstrates a lack of acknowledgment of actions contributing to pollution in the text?

    <p>Blindness regarding risk-perpetuating practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do 'Flammable residents' refer to in the text?

    <p>'Healthy bodies'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Shell employees' are mentioned in the text as an example of residents'...

    <p>'Denial of serious contamination'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which external intervention is mentioned as impacting the community in the text?

    <p>'State officials' visits'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Flammable residents are not always talking about their risky and dangerous surroundings.' implies that...

    <p>'Flammable residents' are unaware of risks around them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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