Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy

by Lois Marie Gibbs

Book Overview

Acclaimed South Asian American poet and novelist Meena Alexander unleashes a fury of prose and poetry to confront the stereotypes and explore the challenges facing postcolonial immigrants in America.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896085252
• ISBN13: 9780896085251
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: South End Press
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Dioxin = Agent Orange

US Government sprayed their own people with dioxin/poison/Agent Orange, Blue & White/Vietnam. They continue to deny responsibility, as they refuse help for the people that are still affected by those actions to this day.

Concise, clear, and informative

This is one of two books I have read on this subject, the other one being _Our Stolen Future_, by Theo Colborn. The Colborn book is much more well known, and it is highly regarded. In comparing the two books, I actually think that _Dying from Dioxin_ is superior, both in its scientific information and its clarity of presentation. I don't mean to denegrate the Colborn book, but the Gibbs book predates Colborn, and has at least as much useful information. The Colborn book is interesting in that it is written in the format of a mystery novel, rather than a conventional technical paper. One of the useful concepts that Gibbs presents concerns the many different dioxin-like pollutants that exist. She clearly explains the concept of how different compounds, such as PCB's can be assigned a numerical factor, based on their equivalent toxicity, relative to the most toxic dioxin compound. Although this numerical estimate method has serious limitations, Gibbs and her colleagues explain what the limitations are. To make sense of the sea of pollutants in which we live, this numerical method is one of the only tools we have for making practical decisions to reduce our toxic exposure.

A Landmark Work On A Very Important Subject!

According to the EPA, Dioxin is one of the most toxic poisons known to the human race. That's all the science I need to know. The author is a well known and respected environmentalist who writes passionately about the subject. It's a shame this issue has fallen off the radar screen. Chlorine is a menace to our health and the health of the planet. It's that plain and simple!

Dying from Dioxin : A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Heal

Many people are unaware of how detrimental Dioxin, a toxic waste byproduct that occurs when chlorine is burned and when other organic chemicals that contain chlorine are manufactured, is on health. This book reviews the studies that confirm the correlation to Dioxin and disease/health problems, such as endometriosis, cancer, birth defects, learning disorders. This books provides a good synopsis and indepth review of Dioxin supported by scientific research. Lois Marie Gibb's Dying from Dioxin is as revealing as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. This book is a must for environmental/health activists, parents, teachers, health practitioners, and anyone who cares about health.