Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and are Making Us Sick

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The result of a rigorous two-year investigation that took Robin across three continents, Our Daily Poison documents the many ways in which we encounter a shocking array of chemicals in our everyday lives - from the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our food - and their effects on our bodies over time. Gathering as evidence scientific studies, testimonies of international regulatory agencies and interviews with farm workers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin makes a compelling case for outrage and action.

Marie-Monique Robin is an award-winning French journalist and filmmaker. She received the 1995 Albert Londres Prize, awarded to investigative journalists in France. She is the director and producer of over thirty documentaries and investigative reports filmed in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. She lives outside Paris. Allison Schein and Lara Vergnaud hold Master's degrees in French-English Literary Translation from New York University. Both translators live in New York City.

Praise for Our Daily Poison : "Terrifying. [Robin] conducts her investigation with an Olympian calm and reveals deep structural problems." L'Express Praise for The World According to Monsanto : "No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book." Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest "A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works." Daily Kos "An alarming and uncompromising investigation." Le Monde