A leading voice in public health policy and top environmental medicine
scientist reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting
chemicals are affecting our daily lives--and what we can do to protect
ourselves and fight back.
Lurking in our homes, hiding in our offices, and polluting the air we
breathe is something sinister. Something we've turned a blind eye to for
far too long. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a pediatrician, professor, and
world-renowned researcher, tells the story of how our everyday
surroundings are making us sicker, fatter, and poorer.
Dr. Trasande exposes the chemicals that disrupt our hormonal systems and
damage our health in irreparable ways. He shows us where these chemicals
hide--in our homes, our schools, at work, in our food, and countless
other places we can't control--as well as the workings of policy that
protects the continued use of these chemicals in our lives. Drawing on
extensive research and expertise, he outlines dramatic studies and
emerging evidence about the rapid increases in neurodevelopmental,
metabolic, reproductive, and immunological diseases directly related to
the hundreds of thousands of chemicals that we are exposed to every day.
Unfortunately, nowhere is safe.
But, thanks to Dr. Trasande's work on the topic, and his commitment to
effecting change, this book can help. Through a blend of narrative,
scientific detective work, and concrete information about the
connections between chemicals and disease, he shows us what we can do to
protect ourselves and our families in the short-term, and how we can
help bring the change we deserve.
