Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and are...

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Marie-Monique Robin Allison Schein

Our Daily Poison

From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and are Making...

Marie-Monique Robin, Allison Schein, Lara Vergnaud

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The New Press
05 April 2016

Environmental factors

Over the last thirty years, we have seen an increase in rates of cancer, neurodegenerative disease, reproductive disorders, and diabetes, particularly in developed countries. At the same time, since the end of World War II approximately 100,000 synthetic chemical molecules have invaded our environment--and our food chain. In ""Our Daily Poison,"" award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin investigates the links between these two concerning trends, revealing how corporate interests and our ignorance about these invisible poisons may be costing us our lives. The result of a rigorous two-year-long investigation that took Robin across three continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), ""Our Daily Poison"" documents the many ways in which we encounter a shocking array of chemicals in our everyday lives--from the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our food--and their effects on our bodies over time. Gathering as evidence scientific studies, testimonies of international regulatory agencies, and interviews with farm workers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin makes a compelling case for outrage and action.

By: Marie-Monique Robin
Translated by: Allison Schein, Lara Vergnaud
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 652g
ISBN: 9781620972021
ISBN 10: 1620972026
Pages: 474
Publication Date: 05 April 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marie-Monique Robin is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. She received the 1995 Albert-Londres Prize for investigative journalism, the French Senate's Best Political Documentary Award, and the Rachel Carson Prize. She is the director and producer of more than thirty documentaries and investigative reports and the author of ""The World According to Monsanto"" (The New Press) and ""The Photos of the Century,"" among other works. She lives outside Paris.

Reviews for Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and are Making Us Sick

""What Rachel Carson's groundbreaking Silent Spring did for the environmental movement, Robin is doing for awareness of toxins in the food chain."" Publishers Weekly [A]n enlightening and deeply disturbing accountRobin’s research, facts, and writing are stellar.” Booklist ""For readers with a strong interest in environmental and public health and food safety policy, this may be one of the most important books of the year."" Kirkus Reviews Powerful and timelya necessary political introduction to our world. Full of facts, stories, and wisdom.” E. G. Vallianatos, Huffington Post