{"product_id":"diseases-have-no-eyes-sarah-m-rios-9781439925331","title":"Diseases Have No Eyes: Valley Fever and Environmental Health Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiseases Have No Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how communities in Central Valley, California deal with Valley Fever, a painful illness caused by a soil fungus. The airborne disease's symptoms can last from two months to a patient's lifetime and may be fatal. Nearly a third of the national cases are reported in California, where those infected are disproportionately farmworkers and people incarcerated in the region. Poverty, pollution, and prison expose these groups to cumulative environmental and health risks that deny Valley Fever patients adequate medical treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah M. Rios examines how these populations face racial health disparities and develop strategies of care. She connects environmental justice activists as well as prison advocates and abolitionists who mobilize protests and issue calls to action to the past and ongoing efforts for medical autonomy and healthy communities. \u003ci\u003eDiseases Have No Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes that vulnerable groups have developed an expertise and understanding of Valley Fever out of necessity. In the process, these community members offer an alternative public health response that extends beyond the individual body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the series \u003ci\u003eInsubordinate Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah M. Rios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143992533X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439925331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Sarah M. Rios","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440609865983,"sku":"9781439925331","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64c51f66-6f37-4b45-8330-6f31204b27b1.jpg?v=1777183595","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diseases-have-no-eyes-sarah-m-rios-9781439925331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}