Every week, Sandra Steingraber writes an essay on environmental health inspired by a quote from a noteworthy thinker, activist, or artist. Each piece employs Sandra’s signature style: addressing complex scientific and social issues with stories and musings from her life as a cancer survivor, biologist, and mother. These essays are cross-posted on Huffington Post.
May 07, 2012 /
Apr 24, 2012 /
Apr 11, 2012 /
Cancer in the Ransom Note
Fracking is a hostage exchange program. Only the carcinogens go free.
Read MoreMar 26, 2012 /
Jul 08, 2010 /
A Bridge to Somewhere - Responding to the President’s Cancer Panel Report (Part 3)
Two cancer narratives compete for the president’s attention—and for ours.
Read MoreJun 16, 2010 /
A Bridge to Somewhere - Responding to the President’s Cancer Panel Report (Part 2)
The new President’s Cancer Panel report on the environment shows us where to begin a meaningful program of cancer prevention.
Read MoreJun 08, 2010 /
A Bridge to Somewhere - Responding to the President’s Cancer Panel Report (Part 1)
A recently released report from the President’s Cancer Panel finds that the environment plays a much bigger role in the story of human cancer than previously appreciated. The Congressional briefing organized to discuss these results played to a full house.
Read MoreMay 25, 2010 /
The Hope Inside Canada’s Garbage Cans
In Canada, redefining the word trash may send engineers back to their drawing boards—and keep dioxins out of the food chain.
Read MoreMay 11, 2010 /
Canadian Bylaws; American Lawn Flags
The smell of lawn chemicals is as dependable a harbinger of spring as robins and lilacs. Not in big parts of Canada, where many municipalities and provinces have opted to abolish the cosmetic use of pesticides on the grounds that the links between pesticide exposure and childhood cancer are too troubling to ignore. So, how come we’re still using them?
Read MoreMay 06, 2010 /
Escape from the Heartland— Atrazine, Susan G. Komen, and KFC
The pesticide atrazine—with its possible links to breast cancer—is making headlines as the EPA opens a new investigation and a member of Congress calls for its outright abolition. What does the leading breast cancer advocacy organization say about atrazine? Nothing. It’s busy peddling pink buckets of deep-fried chicken breasts. Really.
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Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized authority on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health.
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