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A strongly worded alert to the environmental causes of breast cancer, and an equally strong call for political and personal action. . . . Sherman lays the burden of escalating breast cancer rates squarely at the feet of environmental polluters. . . . [Sherman's] arguments are compelling . . . true advances in conquering cancer will only come when we 'understand the connection between the loss of personal health and worldwide pollution from toxic chemicals, ionizing radiation, and endocrine-altering chemicals.' . . . Valuable warnings for women and a passionate, well-based explanation of one particular medical viewpoint. <br>- Kirkus, February 15, 2000 <br>... Rachel Carson introduced the public to the links between pollution and breast cancer in her groundbreaking Silent Spring.... [Life's Delicate Balance] serves as a continued clarion call to clean up the environment....it provides a riveting account of corporate and institutional (mis)investments in the Cancer Wars. Recommended for public libraries. <br>- Library Journal, 2/00 <br> A study of toxic factors in the environment that cause cancer, this book explains causes of the disease and discusses political and economic factors that perpetuate the cancer epidemic. <br>- Acres U.S.A., November 2001 <br>

A strongly worded alert to the environmental causes of breast cancer, and an equally strong call for political and personal action. . . . Sherman lays the burden of escalating breast cancer rates squarely at the feet of environmental polluters. . . . [Sherman's] arguments are compelling . . . true advances in conquering cancer will only come when we 'understand the connection between the loss of personal health and worldwide pollution from toxic chemicals, ionizing radiation, and endocrine-altering chemicals.' . . . Valuable warnings for women and a passionate, well-based explanation of one particular medical viewpoint. - Kirkus, February 15, 2000 ... Rachel Carson introduced the public to the links between pollution and breast cancer in her groundbreaking Silent Spring.... [Life's Delicate Balance] serves as a continued clarion call to clean up the environment....it provides a riveting account of corporate and institutional (mis)investments in the Cancer Wars. Recommended for public libraries. - Library Journal, 2/00 A study of toxic factors in the environment that cause cancer, this book explains causes of the disease and discusses political and economic factors that perpetuate the cancer epidemic. - Acres U.S.A., November 2001

A study of toxic factors in the environment that cause cancer, this book explains causes of the disease and discusses political and economic factors that perpetuate the cancer epidemic. -- Acres U.S.A. A strongly worded alert to the environmental causes of breast cancer, and an equally strong call for political and personal action. . . . Sherman lays the burden of escalating breast cancer rates squarely at the feet of environmental polluters. . . . [Sherman's] arguments are compelling . . . true advances in conquering cancer will only come when we 'understand the connection between the loss of personal health and worldwide pollution from toxic chemicals, ionizing radiation, and endocrine-altering chemicals.' . . . Valuable warnings for women and a passionate, well-based explanation of one particular medical viewpoint. -- Kirkus, February 15, 2000 ...Rachel Carson introduced the public to the links between pollution and breast cancer in her groundbreaking Silent Spring...[Life's Delicate Balance] serves as a continued clarion call to clean up the environment...it provides a riveting account of corporate and institutional (mis)investments in the Cancer Wars. Recommended for public libraries. -- Library Journal

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Janette Sherman

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