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Breasts by Florence Williams

A natural and unnatural history of, breasts

Q&A with Author Florence Williams I had the opportunity to sit down with Florence Williams and discuss her new book Breasts: A natural and unnatural history, and how it relates reforming our out of date laws on toxic chemicals. I thoroughly enjoyed her book and thought it was a smart analysis of the scientific, cultural […]

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Shouldering My Body Burden

By Carolyn Fine Friedman With the recent resurgence of publicity around Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in September, I am reminded of my own journey to discover, accept, and increase public awareness of the frightening number and toxicity of chemicals in our environment and our bodies. When I received the results […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: biomonitoring, body burden, Environmental Working Group, EWG, lead, mercury, methyl mercury, PBDEs, PFCs, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, toxins, Carolyn Fine Friedman, cross-generational ubiquity of chemical contamination, Dr. Sandra Steingraber, How Dangerous Is Your Couch?

50 Years Later: Rachel Carson’s Legacy

More work to be done in the fight against toxic chemicals By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director This blog was featured on The Big Green Purse blog carnival. Check out what other bloggers had to write about Rachel Carson's Legacy! As a high school student, I had the opportunity to read Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. […]

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