Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick
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Description
"An enlightening and deeply disturbing account" of the dangerous chemicals that have infiltrated our food, by the Rachel Carson Prize-winning journalist (Booklist). Our Daily Poison is "a gripping and urgent book" for anyone concerned about democracy, corporate power, or public health (Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved). In it, award-winning journalist and filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin travels across North America, Europe, and Asia to document the shocking array of chemicals we encounter in our daily lives--from the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our food--and their effects on our health over time. Following the trail of the synthetic molecules in our environment and our food, Robin traces the ugly history of industrial chemical production, as well as the shoddy regulatory system for chemical products that still operates today. Using scientific studies, expert testimony, and interviews with farmworkers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin demonstrates how corporate interests--and our own ignorance--may be costing us our lives. "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 "This may be one of the most important books of the year." --Kirkus Reviews "Full of facts, stories, and wisdom." --The Huffington Post
Product Details
Price
$28.95
$26.92
Publisher
New Press
Publish Date
December 09, 2014
Pages
480
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.1 X 1.6 inches | 1.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781595589095
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About the Author
Marie-Monique Robin is an award-winning French journalist and filmmaker. She received the 1995 Albert Londres Prize, awarded to investigative journalists in France. She is the director and producer of over thirty documentaries and investigative reports filmed in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. She lives outside Paris. Allison Schein and Lara Vergnaud hold Master's degrees in French-English Literary Translation from New York University. Both translators live in New York City.
Reviews
Praise for the French edition of "Our Daily Poison"
"Its great strength lies in Robin's thoroughness and precision, the shocking interplay of data and figures."
--"Les Inrockuptibles"
"Robin tenaciously dissects the system by which our meals have become fatal."
--"TeleObs"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
"Robin's outrage is well supported by wide-ranging scientific evidence . . . even lay readers are prodded to wise up and increase their awareness of what has become a serious threat."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Terrifying. . . [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "Our Daily Poison"
"Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
Praise for "Our Daily Poison"
"Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
Praise for Our Daily Poison
"Terrifying. [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
L Express
Praise for The World According to Monsanto
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
Daily Kos
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
Le Monde
"
Praise for Our Daily Poison "Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--L'Express Praise for The World According to Monsanto "No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest "A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--Daily Kos "An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--Le Monde
"Its great strength lies in Robin's thoroughness and precision, the shocking interplay of data and figures."
--"Les Inrockuptibles"
"Robin tenaciously dissects the system by which our meals have become fatal."
--"TeleObs"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
"Robin's outrage is well supported by wide-ranging scientific evidence . . . even lay readers are prodded to wise up and increase their awareness of what has become a serious threat."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Terrifying. . . [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "Our Daily Poison"
"Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
Praise for "Our Daily Poison"
"Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--"L'Express"
Praise for "The World According to Monsanto"
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of "Earth Democracy" and "Stolen Harvest"
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--"Daily Kos"
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--"Le Monde"
Praise for Our Daily Poison
"Terrifying. [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
L Express
Praise for The World According to Monsanto
"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest
"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
Daily Kos
"An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
Le Monde
"
Praise for Our Daily Poison "Terrifying.... [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems."
--L'Express Praise for The World According to Monsanto "No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."
--Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest "A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."
--Daily Kos "An alarming and uncompromising investigation."
--Le Monde
