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Living Downstream : An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment Paperback - 2010
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Biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson, producing a work about people and land, cancer and the environment, that is as accessible and as invaluable as "Silent Spring". "An important, deeply felt book".--"Chicago Tribune".
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With this eloquent and impassioned book, biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson, producing a work about people and land, cancer and the environment, that is as accessible and invaluable as "Silent Spring--and potentially as historic.
In her early twenties, Steingraber was afflicted with cancer, a disease that has afflicted other members of her adoptive family. Writing from the twin perspectives of a survivor and a concerned scientist, she traces the high incidence of cancer and the terrifying concentrations of environmental toxins in her native rural Illinois. She goes on to show similar correlation in other communities, such as Boston and Long Island, and throughout the United States, where cancer rates have risen alarmingly since mid-century. At once a deeply moving personal document and a groundbreaking work of scientific detection, Living Downstream will be a touchstone for generations, reminding us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the integrity of our air, land, and water.
"By skillfully weaving a strong personal drama with thorough scientific research, Steingraber tells a compelling story....Well worth reading."--Washington Post
In her early twenties, Steingraber was afflicted with cancer, a disease that has afflicted other members of her adoptive family. Writing from the twin perspectives of a survivor and a concerned scientist, she traces the high incidence of cancer and the terrifying concentrations of environmental toxins in her native rural Illinois. She goes on to show similar correlation in other communities, such as Boston and Long Island, and throughout the United States, where cancer rates have risen alarmingly since mid-century. At once a deeply moving personal document and a groundbreaking work of scientific detection, Living Downstream will be a touchstone for generations, reminding us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the integrity of our air, land, and water.
"By skillfully weaving a strong personal drama with thorough scientific research, Steingraber tells a compelling story....Well worth reading."--Washington Post
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- Title Living Downstream : An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
- Author Sandra Steingraber
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Secon
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- Pages 440
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Hachette Books
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0306818698I3N00
- ISBN 9780306818691 / 0306818698
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
- Reading level 1250
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- Topical: Ecology
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Library of Congress subjects Environmental toxicology, Cancer - Environmental aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009039502
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.994
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- Scitech Book News, 06/01/2010, Page 85
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