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Environmental health
Sandra Steingraber
is a biologist and poet who presents and explains scientific data in
a way that educates and moves the reader - hopefully to action. A cancer
survivor herself, she explains the multiple and inter-related threats
to our health coming from a variety of sources: incinerators, agricultural
chemicals, production of hundreds - thousands - of chemicals that alone
or in combination can cause cancers, birth defects, sterility, permanent
genetic change. She argues for the Precautionary Principle: "When
an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment,
precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect
relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context,
the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the
burden of proof." Beautifully presented and written, this book
should be read by all who inhabit and care about the earth. Find out
more about Sandra Steingraber's work at her site:
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