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Dear Friends:
Rachel Carson published a classic text back in 1962 about the impact of
chemicals on living things.
"Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human
dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in
the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway
bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted,
fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of
activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American
letters" (Peter Matthiessen, for Time"s 100 Most Influential People of the
Century). Carson defended truths in the face of ruthless assault from the
chemical industry in the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before
her untimely death in 1964."
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Many other researchers have made the connection between artificial
chemicals (i.e. man-made) and reproductive tract alteration in species. From the
weakened eggshells in birds to lowered sperm counts and genitourinary
malformations in humans, we are seeing the impact of chemistry on our young now.
Like global warming, this is a controversial area, with
politics/economics on one side and health on the other.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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