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The first edition of Living Downstream—an exquisite blend of precise science and engaging narrative—set a new standard for scientific writing. Poet, biologist, and cancer survivor, Steingraber uses all three kinds of experience to investigate the links between cancer and environmental toxins.

The updated science in this exciting new edition strengthens the case for banning poisons now pervasive in our air, our food, and our bodies. Because synthetic chemicals linked to cancer come mostly from petroleum and coal, Steingraber shows that investing in green energy also helps prevent cancer. Saving the planet becomes a matter of saving ourselves and an issue of human rights. A documentary film based on the book will coincide with publication.

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• File Size: 847 KB
• Print Length: 442 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0306818698
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; Second Edition, Revised and updated; A Merloyd Lawrence Book edition (March 23, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003DYGOKK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,983 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Download Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment PDF

A great book that helps us understand the ties between cancer and factors such as exposures to harmful synthetic and hazordous chemicals in our environment. Living Downstream helps us understand the difficulty in "proving" scientifically which chemicals are causing cancer due to our exposures to so many chemicals and other factors (age, where we live etc.)

By Christina Ritter

I've worked for a number of years as an environmental lawyer and had often heard of this book from colleagues. I finally decided to read it recently and was glad I did. The author conveys an incredible amount of information about environmental connections to cancer -- some of it quite shocking -- while at the same time telling her own story dealing with cancer and tracing and understanding its potential origins. The book is always readable in spite of the great amounts of data and analysis presented. In fact, Steingraber's writing is excellent, at times even poetic, never dry, boring or overly technical. While this is a personal narrative it is also much more. She presents a whole new vision for the way we -- as a society -- should approach manufacturing, one in which we simply deem putting carcinogens into the environment and the stream of commerce "too expensive". I found her arguments and her logic not only compelling but inspiring. I highly recommend this book, especially to anyone who is him or herself dealing with cancer.

By EnviroLawyer