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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
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This book coincided well with an environmental health course I am taking. The discussion of environmental epidemiology, history of the dye industry, and the discussion of other super fund sites may be distracting for some but I found it to be useful and enjoyable. Context is important when trying to understand the complexity of the situation. The discussion regarding the public concerns and the pitfalls and successes related to health communication between the industries, government agencies, medical facilities, and the public was quite educational.
Excelente livro, na mesma linha de dois dos melhores que li ultimamente! Trata da história de uma região nos EUA que sofreu muita poluição química e teve vários casos de tumores, principalmente entre crianças. Segue a mesma linha de The Imortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, de descrição da história de um campo da ciência em paralelo com relatos –com menos foco nos relatos e mais história da ciência. Reconta o surgimento da epidemiologia, e como foram as primeiras ligações entre câncer e fatores ambientais, do cigarro à poluentes. Na parte sobre câncer, me lembrou do Emperor of All Maladies, com mais relatos pessoais e menos ciência do câncer em si.
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This was a fascinating and horrifying read. Read much more like a mystery than a science tome though truth be told, I skimmed some of the really technical stuff.
I grew up in Toms River, in the neighborhood much of the book is about and went to the elementary school that abutted the chemical plant. The end result of the book is a deep cynicism about the integrity and compassion of the parties involved - the companies, the government agencies who were supposed to have oversight, and the government itself. and a whole lot of anger too.
I grew up in Toms River, in the neighborhood much of the book is about and went to the elementary school that abutted the chemical plant. The end result of the book is a deep cynicism about the integrity and compassion of the parties involved - the companies, the government agencies who were supposed to have oversight, and the government itself. and a whole lot of anger too.
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Fascinating (and scary) account of decades of pollution by a chemical company in Toms River, NJ and the scientific and legal challenge of trying to connect the pollution to increased rates of cancer.
An incredible piece of science reporting! Hard to summarize, but incorporates aspects (and even exact content!) from a variety of other great books, including: a gripping epidemiological hunt-for-answers as in [b:The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|36086|The Ghost Map The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World|Steven Johnson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1430524696s/36086.jpg|1008989], an exploration of cancer as in [b:The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer|7170627|The Emperor of All Maladies A Biography of Cancer|Siddhartha Mukherjee|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1280771091s/7170627.jpg|7580942], a set of personal stories spanning decades as in [b:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks|6493208|The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks|Rebecca Skloot|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327878144s/6493208.jpg|6684634], with a dash of chemical-industry skullduggery, a few Greenpeace stunts, several surprisingly fascinating scientific investigations (from mass spectrometry of mystery compounds in the tap water, to "molecular epidemiology" of DNA damage in child cancer patients), and even, in the end, aspects a [a:John Grisham|721|John Grisham|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1413390525p2/721.jpg]-esque courtroom thriller.
Well-deserving of both the Pulitzer for General Nonfiction and (even better, in my view!) the National Academies Communication Award.
Well-deserving of both the Pulitzer for General Nonfiction and (even better, in my view!) the National Academies Communication Award.
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