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<p>Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of regimes of truth, this paper introduces the idea of regimes of toxicity as different forms of knowledge and discourses on toxicity. Furthermore, inspired by critical studies on toxicity, I posit that the dominant regime of toxicity ignores the time bomb of toxicants, which causes terrible anxiety for those who have been exposed, or what I call <i>chemo-anxiety</i>. Former Taiwan RCA workers have faced such anxiety. Their struggle for recognition of the full consequences of their past exposure to a panoply of toxicants presents a formidable challenge to the dominant episteme on toxicity and the violence imposed on the victims. Remarkably, their three decades of mobilization and twenty years of litigation have led to a historic first: the Taiwan Supreme Court’s acknowledgment of not only the cancer and other severe illnesses, but also the psychological stress they have suffered as a result of past exposure to toxicants.</p>

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Chemo-anxiety and the regimes of toxicity

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    2025年5月22日

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  • Paul Jobin

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Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of regimes of truth, this paper introduces the idea of regimes of toxicity as different forms of knowledge and discourses on toxicity. Furthermore, inspired by critical studies on toxicity, I posit that the dominant regime of toxicity ignores the time bomb of toxicants, which causes terrible anxiety for those who have been exposed, or what I call chemo-anxiety. Former Taiwan RCA workers have faced such anxiety. Their struggle for recognition of the full consequences of their past exposure to a panoply of toxicants presents a formidable challenge to the dominant episteme on toxicity and the violence imposed on the victims. Remarkably, their three decades of mobilization and twenty years of litigation have led to a historic first: the Taiwan Supreme Court’s acknowledgment of not only the cancer and other severe illnesses, but also the psychological stress they have suffered as a result of past exposure to toxicants.