Extraterritorial production pollutes the US through imported goods.

Evidence

Their extraterritorial location does not, however, prevent their environmental impact from affecting Americans. Many Americans have close ties to other parts of the world, both to places they visit for professional and personal reasons and to places where their ancestors may have once lived or current relatives still live. Moreover, the environmental effects of extraterritorial activities do not necessarily remain extraterritorial. Goods produced elsewhere are often imported into the United States. If toxic chemicals are used in the production of food overseas, those chemicals may well “boomerang” home in consumer products. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 1000

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to eco-justice and colonialism threads — offshored production harm falling back on the metropole parallels base/environment themes. — connects to: Service industries carry large hidden environmental costs through their supply chains. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 994; Subsidized American food imports destroy Jamaican farming and force tourism dependence — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 60; Multinational corporations export products and wastes banned in their home countries to poor nations

Broader Connections

• Subsidized American food imports destroy Jamaican farming and force tourism dependence #corroborates (0.75) — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 60
• Multinational corporations export products and wastes banned in their home countries to poor nations #corroborates (0.72)