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Sandra Steingraber, biologist, poet and survivor of cancer in her twenties, brings all three perspectives to bear on the most important health and human rights issue of our time: the growing body of evidence linking cancer to environmental contamination. Her scrupulously researched scientific analysis ranges from the alarming worldwide patterns of cancer incidence to the sabotage wrought by cancer-promoting substances on the intricate workings of human cells. In a gripping personal narrative, she travels from hospital waiting rooms to hazardous waste sites and from farm-house kitchens to incinerator hearings, bringing to life stories of communities in her hometown and around the country as they confront decades of industrial and agricultural recklessness. Living Downstream is the first book to bring together toxics-release data - now finally made available under right-to-know laws - and newly released cancer registry data.

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Sandra Steingraber, a poet and biologist, writes with extraordinary grace and clarity about that most depressing of subjects, cancer, a disease that sends you into an unfamiliar territory where all the rules of human conduct are alien. That territory, she suggests, is expanding as chemically poisoned environments begin to take their toll on their human inhabitants. This interaction between the disease and compromised natural zones takes her text into fascinating arguments. Along the way, Steingraber looks at community efforts to reverse the effects of carcinogenic toxins, such as an Iowa farming group's decision to replace chemical herbicides with natural methods of pest control, following the principle of the least toxic alternative. She also suggests that with proper foresight we can do much to make our environments less dangerous.
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An inspiration, an alarm, an illustrated guide to your worst nightmare ... excellent ... accessible (LITERARY REVIEW )

Read Steingraber and you won't be able to dismiss her suspicions about the role of chemical contaminants in our environment ... a book long overdue (GWYNNE LYONS, WWF )

Her writing is clear and concise ... the author's well-documented account should help to rectify this disturbing and dangerous situation (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY )

Eloquent and passionate. (DAILY MAIL )

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  • PublisherDa Capo Press Inc
  • Publication date1997
  • ISBN 10 0201483033
  • ISBN 13 9780201483031
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