Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

With this eloquent and impassioned book, biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson,...
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment by Steingraber, Sandra

Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

$43.96

Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

$43.96
Author: Sandra Steingraber
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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

Author: Sandra Steingraber
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/23/2010
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780306818691


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2010 pg. 85

About the Author
Sandra Steingraber, PhD, biologist, activist, and author, is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College in New York.

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