![]() ![]() 277-340) and index.Ĭancer - Environmental aspects. In a gripping personal narrative, she travels from hospital waiting rooms to hazardous waste sites and from farm-house kitchens to incinerator hearings, bringing to life stories of communities in her hometown and around the country as they confront decades of industrial and agricultural recklessness." "Living Downstream is the first book to bring together toxics-release data - now finally made available under right-to-know laws - and newly released cancer registry data."-BOOK JACKET. Her scrupulously researched scientific analysis ranges from the alarming worldwide patterns of cancer incidence to the sabotage wrought by cancer-promoting substances on the intricate workings of human cells. "Sandra Steingraber, biologist, poet and survivor of cancer in her twenties, brings all three perspectives to bear on the most important health and human rights issue of our time: the growing body of evidence linking cancer to environmental contamination. ![]() ![]() Living downstream : an ecologist looks at cancer and the environment / Sandra Steingraber Book Bib ID Along these lines, weve been reading Living Downstream, an excellent book by Sandra Steingraber about her experience with cancer and the links she has made. ![]()
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