Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping With Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome and Other Environmental Illnesses This book, written from a patient’s perspective, first defines chemical sensitivity, then describes its effects, and discusses strategies for dealing with it. A complete resource listing, information on documenting a case, expert opinions on CS and an examination of …..Read More
This personal view of multiple chemical sensitivity and environmental illness is supported by research. In a question-and-answer format, the effects of exposure to perfume, smoke, air fresheners, cleaning products, exhaust, and other air contaminants are examined and linked to symptoms such as headaches, allergies, asthma, and fatigue. The book contains additional testimony and reports from …..Read More
Chemical and Electrical Hypersensitivity: A Sufferer’s Memoir Electrical and multiple chemical sensitivities are disabling illnesses, yet many doctors know little of these conditions, or worse, dismiss them. This timely memoir recounts one man’s affliction. The onset of the diseases is explored, as is his struggle with the medical establishment, largely hostile to his diagnosis. When …..Read More
Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster Kristen Johnston is an actress (‘The Exes’, ‘Third Rock From the Sun’), activist, and now, New York Times bestselling author, who takes an honest look at her addictions in Guts. “The real power of GUTS lies in its intention. While (Kristen) Johnston managed to …..Read More
Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment “In this compelling book, Steingraber uses her experience as a poet, a biologist, and a cancer survivor to lay out a persuasive case for the linkage between cancer and environmental toxins. Weaving scientific investigation with her own family’s history, she shows how the increased …..Read More
How is meth affecting the American small town? Nick Reding, author of Methland, takes a look at the meth addiction and meth manufacturing problem that is affecting small towns. For his book, he spent four years studying Olewein, Iowa, a rural community, populated by just over 6,000 residents who are struggling to combat low-paying jobs, …..Read More
The King of Methlehem: A Novel Excerpt: “Wyatt could conduct the interview back at the station, but he prefers the eerie atmosphere of the cook site. They are in a clearing surrounded by fir trees. On a grill mounted on rocks over a campfire is a shallow pan crusted with white powder and littered around …..Read More
KARLA KLEAR SKY: A Meth Addict’s Mother’s Memoir A mother’s life explodes when she discovers her son is a meth addict. As he disappears into addiction, it takes her with him, until she learns, parents can recover even if their children don’t. This riveting story tells the savage truth: Addiction stalks children with a single-minded …..Read More
Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis Is there a link between environmental toxins and endocrine disease? Sheldon Krimsky, the author of Hormonal Chaos, believes that there is. Krimsky believes that the chemicals in our environment are causing reproductive, neurological, and developmental abnormalities in humans and in wildlife. His book …..Read More
Children of Methamphetamine-Involved Families: The Case of Rural Illinois – Methamphetamine not only destroys the lives of those who become addicted to it, but affects all corners of society, including innocent children. This important book follows the case of rural Illinois, where in the mid-1990s methamphetamine production and misuse became a significant problem and, as …..Read More
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