Our Daily Poison
From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and are Making Us Sick
Published on 16. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
474 pages
978-1-62097-202-1 (ISBN)
Description
The result of a rigorous two-year investigation that took Robin across three continents, 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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 account?Robin'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 timely?a necessary political introduction to our world. Full of facts, stories, and wisdom."
?E. G. Vallianatos, Huffington Post
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
648 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62097-202-1 (9781620972021)
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Marie-Monique Robin
Our Daily Poison
From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick
E-Book
07/2019
The New Press
€19.25
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Persons
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.