sweetpeppah's review against another edition
5.0
frightening but not extremist. very reasoned and carefully written, lots of information on how complicated the relationship between cancer and our environment is. i have no biology background and the details were still made clear, quite impressive! the author has an intriguing personal conflict.. she obviously feels powerfully connected to her natural(and even man-made) environments, but they have probably betrayed her by silently concentrating and then passing on dangerous chemicals.
alitrevisan105's review
4.0
Very enlightening and interesting book. Although she seems to blame cancer solely on environmental issues, there are a lot of interesting concepts to talk about.
greenspe's review against another edition
4.0
Ingeniously structured and bursting at the seams with research. It was occasionally almost too technical for me, but Steingraber is a great writer and intersperses relevant anecdotes about her own cancer diagnosis and growing up in a farming community amongst in-depth descriptions of endocrine disruptors and DNA adducts.
More than anything else I've read, "Living Downstream" has motivated me to learn more about ecology, our exposure to petrochemicals, and how to support local, organic farming practices. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be more acquainted with the science and policy behind public health, cancer research and treatment, and the chemicals we allow in our environment.
More than anything else I've read, "Living Downstream" has motivated me to learn more about ecology, our exposure to petrochemicals, and how to support local, organic farming practices. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be more acquainted with the science and policy behind public health, cancer research and treatment, and the chemicals we allow in our environment.
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