Fires, Fogs and Winds. Povinelli

<p>This is a short and very evocative piece by Elizabeth Povinelli. I was reminded of it in today's conversation about disposable lives/cameras, and later by the comment on&nbsp;(synthetic) colors and toxins. In the article, Povinelli talks about the fumes and toxic materials released by the Kodak factory, which was near her hometown.</p><p>She entangles Kodak's toxic production and narratives about that toxicity with the decline of the film industry and the profitable remediation industry.</p><p>My questions: <em>when</em> do buried toxic materials and stories about their toxicity emerge and why? <em>When</em>&nbsp;are they made public, exposed? Who benefits from such exposés and&nbsp;from grievances and remediation processes?</p>