TODAY’S TOXIFIED ENVIRONMENT TRIGGERS THE EPIDEMIC OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES IN THE U.S., REVEALS THE BOOK POISONED PROFITS American children are in the midst of an epidemic of illness and disability triggered by the tons of toxins in their everyday world, write veteran journalists Philip Shabecoff and Alice Shabecoff in their just-released book, POISONED PROFITS: the Toxic Assault on Our Children. In the tradition of Silent Spring, this book is a landmark investigation, an eye-opening account of a country that prizes money over children's health.
With indisputable data, the Shabecoffs reveal that the children of baby boomers—the first to be raised in a truly toxified world—have higher rates of birth defects, asthma, cancer, autism and a frightening range of other neurological illnesses from ADHD to mental retardation, compared to previous generations.
They reveal that one out of two pregnancies fails to come to term or results in a less than healthy child. Premature births and infertility are on the rise as this generation matures, while the ratio of male babies dwindles.
Drawing on today’s revolutionary scientific discoveries, the book explains how the fetus or young child is much more vulnerable to toxins than an adult, how genes and the environment interact, and how toxic exposures from conception to early life can set a person´s cellular code for life which can cause illness at any time from childhood until old age. With eye-popping details, it walks the reader through a typical American day to disclose the surprising places where poisons enter our lives by our own actions and by stealthy trespass.
Just as important, Poisoned Profits exposes how damaging evidence is routinely concealed by the companies that profit from toxics, abetted by government collusion, scientists-for-hire, lobbyists, lawyers and cynical public relations. It tells the poignant stories of families and communities harmed as the result.
Poisoned Profits is in the end a book about hope and optimism. Now we know what is happening. These poisons are manmade; manufacturers can take them out of our children´s lives and make profits from safe ‘green’ products. The authors offer guidance to parents (and pregnant women and pregnancy-planning couples) about how to protect their children, and to all reader-citizens on how to bring about change, describing where to go for more advice, including websites, books, organizations and scientists ready to answer parents’ questions.
To learn more: www.poisonedprofits.com
Published by Random House, August 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-6430-4. For discounted bulk orders, contact Random House Premium Sales Department at 800-800-3246.
American children are in the midst of an epidemic of illness and disability triggered by the tons of toxins in their everyday world, write veteran journalists Philip Shabecoff and Alice Shabecoff in their just-released book, POISONED PROFITS: the Toxic Assault on Our Children. In the tradition of Silent Spring, this book is a landmark investigation, an eye-opening account of a country that prizes money over children's health.
With indisputable data, the Shabecoffs reveal that the children of baby boomers—the first to be raised in a truly toxified world—have higher rates of birth defects, asthma, cancer, autism and a frightening range of other neurological illnesses from ADHD to mental retardation, compared to previous generations.
They reveal that one out of two pregnancies fails to come to term or results in a less than healthy child. Premature births and infertility are on the rise as this generation matures, while the ratio of male babies dwindles.
Drawing on today’s revolutionary scientific discoveries, the book explains how the fetus or young child is much more vulnerable to toxins than an adult, how genes and the environment interact, and how toxic exposures from conception to early life can set a person´s cellular code for life which can cause illness at any time from childhood until old age. With eye-popping details, it walks the reader through a typical American day to disclose the surprising places where poisons enter our lives by our own actions and by stealthy trespass.
Just as important, Poisoned Profits exposes how damaging evidence is routinely concealed by the companies that profit from toxics, abetted by government collusion, scientists-for-hire, lobbyists, lawyers and cynical public relations. It tells the poignant stories of families and communities harmed as the result.
Poisoned Profits is in the end a book about hope and optimism. Now we know what is happening. These poisons are manmade; manufacturers can take them out of our children´s lives and make profits from safe ‘green’ products. The authors offer guidance to parents (and pregnant women and pregnancy-planning couples) about how to protect their children, and to all reader-citizens on how to bring about change, describing where to go for more advice, including websites, books, organizations and scientists ready to answer parents’ questions.
To learn more: www.poisonedprofits.com
Published by Random House, August 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-6430-4. For discounted bulk orders, contact Random House Premium Sales Department at 800-800-3246.