Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

Steingraber, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0375700994 / ISBN 13: 9780375700996

Published by Vintage, 1998

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Synopsis:

Combining personal narrative with a scientific analysis of the evidence linking cancer to environmental contamination, this study focuses on the people of Illinois, who face a torrent of industrial and agricultural poisons every day. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

From the Inside Flap: 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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal ...
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good