Philip Shabecoff
Autor de Poisoned Profits
Sobre El Autor
Philip Shabecoff worked as a reporter for the New York Times for 32 years and was founder and publisher of Greenwire, the environmental news daily.
Obras de Philip Shabecoff
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1934-03-05
- Género
- male
- Lugar de nacimiento
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- The Bronx, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Becket, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Hunter College (BA)
University of Chicago (MA) - Ocupaciones
- reporter (newspaper)
writer (environmental issues)
publisher (onine) - Relaciones
- Shabecoff, Alice (wife)
- Organizaciones
- The New York Times (reporter, 1959-1991)
Society of Environmental Journalists (founding member)
Greenwire.com (environmental news service, 1991-1996, founder & publisher) - Premios y honores
- James Madison Award, American Library Association
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 148
- Popularidad
- #140,180
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 14
There are a number of towns all over the country, ranging from Dickson, Tennessee, to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Toms River, New Jersey, suffering much higher than normal numbers of severe childhood illnesses. Each town just happens to also contain a large industrial plant that handles lots of toxic chemicals. Are the illnesses all "isolated instances" or "just one of those things?"
The authors say that the CEOs of the major chemical companies are not evil people who deliberately want to poison innocent children, but profit is most important. It is very hard to prove, absolutely, that a particular case of asthma or cancer, for instance, was caused by chemicals from a particular industrial plant, though the circumstantial evidence is pretty strong. The chemical companies use that uncertainty to delay the paying of any fines or cleanup costs.
Scientists-for-pay are willing to say what the chemical companies want them to say. The evidence is not conclusive and more study (read: delay) is needed. Washington is no help. Through lobbyists and campaign contributions, it has been made clear to members of Congress that bills to add new regulations are to be watered down or defeated. Only a few of the thousands of chemicals in the environment have been tested at all. Those tests have been very short-term, and have looked at adult exposure to chemicals. The level of toxicity for children and fetuses is much lower.
What can a parent do? If you plan on having children in the future, adopt a healthy lifestyle. Get proper amounts of vitamins and minerals, starting today (men and women). If you already have children, let them play outside and open the windows in your house for at least a few minutes a day (to let out any built-up toxins). Stay away from pesticides and dry cleaning, buy organic food as much as possible, buy furniture and flooring made from solid wood instead of particleboard, which is treated with formaldehyde. There are also plenty of websites to visit with safer alternatives to everyday items.
This book easily reaches the level of Wow. It is very easy to read, and is quite an eye-opener for all parents and parents-to-be. This is highly recommended.… (más)