The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

by Jim Morris and Jim Morris

Book Overview

"No journalist knows more about toxic chemicals in the workplace than Jim Morris. The Cancer Factory is the crowning achievement of his estimable career spent walking fence lines, factory floors, and doctor's offices."
--Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River

"The Cancer Factory could not come at a better time, as we reckon with how our bodies pay the price for our nation's toxic history and as today's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807059145
• ISBN13: 9780807059142
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Corporate Greed

5 stars, Corporate Greed THE CANCER FACTORY by Jim Morris When we think of all of the products that we have here in America, we don't usually consider all that was needed to develop those products. This book gives an expose on the employees who have worked in the "cancer factories," specifically the Goodyear Plant using DuPont chemicals in Niagra Falls, New York. The author goes on to tell a little bit about the suffering of workers from all sorts of factories across the USA, ones that the public has heard of, like Karen Silkwood in Oklahoma, in a nuclear plant. And others like the chemical plant that required female workers to have hysterectomies to work in the factory, because the chemicals were proven to cause horrible birth defects. These examples are from before OSHA-Occupational Safety and Health Administration that works to provide a safe work environment for employees. We follow several different people throughout the book; workers who were diagnosed with bladder cancer; Steve Wodka who worked as an investigator to delve into the secrets that the cancer factories were willing to keep. There are probably hundreds of workers out there who will come down with unusual cancers related to jobs working with dangerous chemicals. Highly recommend. "Mindlessly dumping powder into bags..." All of the while, not knowing that their health, safety, and that of their family members are at stake. I received a complimentary copy of #TheCancerFactory from #BeaconPress I wasn't obligated to post a review. #CancerCausingJobs #OSHA #NonFiction #Goodyear #DuPont #History #Crime #PenguinRandomHouse #JimMorris #Economics