As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.
I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step. - Sandra Steingraber
I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.
- Sandra Steingraber
... we find ourselves facing a rising tide of biologically active, synthetic organic chemicals. Some tinker with our hormones. Some attach themselves… - Sandra Steingraber
... we find ourselves facing a rising tide of biologically active, synthetic organic chemicals. Some tinker with our hormones. Some attach themselves…
From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act. - Sandra Steingraber
From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.
Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gall… - Sandra Steingraber
Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gall…
We can change our thinking. Rather than viewing the chemical adulteration of our environment and our bodies as the inevitable practice of convenience… - Sandra Steingraber
We can change our thinking. Rather than viewing the chemical adulteration of our environment and our bodies as the inevitable practice of convenience…
In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not land until they reach Venezu… - Sandra Steingraber
In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not land until they reach Venezu…
Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, more than 750 million tons of chemical wastes were discarded. - Sandra Steingraber
Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, more than 750 million tons of chemical wastes were discarded.
Industrialized countries have disproportionately more cancers than countries with little or no industry (after adjusting for age and population size)… - Sandra Steingraber
Industrialized countries have disproportionately more cancers than countries with little or no industry (after adjusting for age and population size)…
I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some remote wa… - Sandra Steingraber
I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some remote wa…
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