Originally published in 1962, Our Synthetic Environment is a pioneering work that shows how the rise of chemicals and other toxins in our environment has led to numerous health consequences. Written by Murray Bookchin, one of the leading radical thinkers and environmentalists of the twentieth century, this book provides a devastating ecological portrait of how our food, soil, air and the way we life has negatively impacted our health, giving rise to diseases such as cancer. Many of the changes Bookchin describes in this ...
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Originally published in 1962, Our Synthetic Environment is a pioneering work that shows how the rise of chemicals and other toxins in our environment has led to numerous health consequences. Written by Murray Bookchin, one of the leading radical thinkers and environmentalists of the twentieth century, this book provides a devastating ecological portrait of how our food, soil, air and the way we life has negatively impacted our health, giving rise to diseases such as cancer. Many of the changes Bookchin describes in this book are even more pronounced today. An excellent companion to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , this new edition of Our Synthetic Environment features an introduction by Bill McKibben.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 251 p. Rebel Reads, 7. Audience: General/trade. Our synthetic environment Authors: Murray Bookchin (Author), Bill McKibben (Writer of introduction) Summary: "Originally published in 1962, Our Synthetic Environment explores the negative effects that chemicals and other toxins in the environment have on human health. From the degradation of our food and soil due to industrial agricultural methods, to how pollution and radiation are the causes of illnesses like cancer, this book was visionary in its anticipation of many of the ecological problems our planet currently faces. Written by one of the leading eco-thinkers of the twentieth century, Our Synthetic Environment is as vital a read today as it was when it was first published. This new edition of Our Synthetic Environment features an introduction by Bill McKibben."--Provided by publisher Print Book, English, 2022 Edition: First IG publishing edition View all formats and editions Publisher: Ig Publishing, New York City, 2022 Series: Rebel reads Physical Description: 251 pages; 21 cm ISBN: 9781632461391, 1632461390 OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1351681507 Subjects: Ecology Ecotoxicology Environmental Health Environmental Medicine Environmental health Human ecology Contents: 1. The problem 2. Agriculture and health 3. Urban life and health 4. The problem of chemicals in food 5. Environment and cancer 6. Radiation and human health 7. Human ecology 8. Health and society App. A. Changing concepts of illness: an excerpt from "The Healthy Environment" / by John D. Potterfield Deputy Surgeon General of the United States App. B. Excerpt from "Public Health in an Industrial Society" / by Robert A. Kehoe, M.D., Director, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Cincinnati Notes: Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1962
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