how a crime-busting prosecutor turned his medical mystery into a crusade for environmental victims
Bell, Alan
The author, a former prosecutor, shares his personal battle against a mysterious illness that took a major tole on his career, personal life, and health. The truth behind his illness involved exposure to toxic chemicals in his office building.
Presents evidence to support the author's claim that conditions for which diet and/or chemical exposure are blamed often do not exist, discussing Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, mercury-amalgam toxicity, and other disorders, and considering the political, legal, and financial implications of such syndromes.
Discusses the wide range of human cancers that are environmentally induced or related and presents suggestions on how many cancers can be prevented by controlling environmental factors.
Provides basic health information about the environment and its effect on human health, including the effects of air pollution, water pollution, hazardous chemicals, food hazards, radiation hazards, biological agents, and household hazards.
The author recounts the seasons her family spent at their summer home in New Jersey's Pine Barrens when she was a child--and the health problems she suffered ever since due to the radiation and toxic waste released by the nearby nuclear power plant.
