The image communicates the authority and persuasive rhetoric of corporate sponsored remediation science: "cinnabar" circulates in the contemporary U.S. (or for my age group, at least) as the name of an Estee Lauder perfume (associated in orientalist fashion with lacquerware), not as a toxic ore from which mercury was extracted. The critical commentary communicates well the larger pix--aka the global awareness of mercury toxicity through Minimata and the dancing cats--as well as Mad Hatter and high levels of mercury in artic fish. The meme of the dancing cat famous from Minimata proves a useful comparison to the image of the Matador bottle.
in contrast to the later images in this series, this one has a dull uniformity to it that I read as sick, but for all I know this is what "healthy" soil is supposed to look like when analyzed in this way. Or it could be that whatever the agrotoxin is, it's evident in the dark blob just outside the blank center (some substance that did not move in the analysis) or in the ring toward the outer edge (a substance that moved the furthest in the analysis). In contrast to the other (prettier) images that are patterned uniformly over the entire circular area, this one is the only one with inner/outer differentiation