Research from Augsburg in „The Guardian”

The USA is increasingly shipping toxic waste to Mexico. The article quotes Prof. Dr. Simone M. Müller, who has conducted extensive research about this topic.

The British newspaper The Guardian quoted Simone M. Müller in one of its most recent articles. It sums up the problem the USA causes by shipping off their toxic waste to Mexico – “out of sight, out of mind” like Simone M. Müller accurately describes it.

You can find the whole article from January 15, 2025 here.

 

Prof. Dr. Simone Müller makes it to the final of the Fleck Prize 2025 with her book “The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade”.
The Fleck Prize, first awarded in 1992, recognizes an outstanding book in the area of Science and Technology Studies. For the 2025 prize, the Committee reviewed more than 45 books and evaluated nominated books on their contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies, their novelty, and their overall scholarly quality.

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