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Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
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Product Description A look at the chemicals surrounding us that’s “hard–hitting . . . yet also instills hope for a future in which consumers make safer, more informed choices” ( The Washington Post). Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes—now, it’s personal. The most dangerous pollution, it turns out, comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. To prove this point, for one week Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us. Using their own bodies as the reference point to tell the story of pollution in our modern world, they expose the corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people and families across the globe. This book—the testimony of their experience—also exposes the extent to which we are poisoned every day of our lives, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run–of–the–mill shampoos and toothpaste. Ultimately hopeful, the book empowers readers with some simple ideas for protecting themselves and their families, and changing things for the better. “Undertaking a cheeky experiment in self–contamination, professional Canadian environmentalists Smith and Lourie expose themselves to hazardous everyday substances, then measure the consequences . . . Throughout, the duo weave scientific data and recent political history into an amusing but unnerving narrative, refusing to sugarcoat any of the data while maintaining a welcome sense of humor.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Review Praise for Slow Death by Rubber Duck “Beware the smiling creature in your bathtub: it #8217;s yellow, it squeaks, your kids love it, and it gets into your bloodstream —literally. — High Country News “Enviro–porn. —Forbes.com “Undertaking a cheeky experiment in self–contamination, professional Canadian environmentalists Smith and Lourie expose themselves to hazardous everyday substances, then measure the consequences . . . Throughout, the duo weave scientific data and recent political history into an amusing but unnerving narrative, refusing to sugarcoat any of the data (though protection is possible, exposure is inevitable) while maintaining a welcome sense of humor. — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “ Slow Death by Rubber Duck #8217;s real achievement is in documenting how chemical giants stay a step ahead of regulators, and those revelations make the book a fascinating and frightening read. — The Week “ Slow Death by Rubber Duck . . . isn #8217;t just alarmist environmental shock and awe. It #8217;s a thoughtful look at how pollution has shifted over the years from something tangible and transparent (industrial pollutants as the cause of acid rain) to something abstract and nuanced (BPA #8217;s links to breast cancer). The challenges this change presents, as many of the world #8217;s top scientists explain in these pages, should be of serious concern to us all. — O: The Oprah Magazine “ Slow Death by Rubber Duck is hard–hitting in a way that turns your stomach and yet also instills hope for a future in which consumers make safer, more informed choices and push their governments to impose tougher regulations on the chemicals all around us. — The Washington Post “This is one scary book. Using a variety of test methods, the authors determined individual body burdens, #8217; or the toxic chemical load we carry. The innocuous rubber duck, for example, offers a poison soup of phthalates that permeate the environment and humans. #8217; From other products and food we also have a collection of chemicals shorthanded as PFCs, PFOAs, PSOSs, and PCBs. None of them are good, and they are everywhere, thanks to Teflon (which drew the largest administrative penalty against a company ever obtained by the EPA), Stainmaster, nonflammable pajamas, tuna (hello, mercury), and, would you believe, anti–bacterial p
