{"product_id":"the-hundred-year-lie-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-chemicals-that-are-destroying-your-health-9780452288393","title":"The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health","description":"\u003ch2\u003eInvestigative Exposé on Chemical Contamination in Modern Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nIn a devastating exposé in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald warns how thousands of man-made chemicals in our food, water, medicine, and environment are making humans the most polluted species on the planet. A century ago, when Congress enacted the Pure Food and Drug Act, Americans were promised \"better living through chemistry.\" Fitzgerald provides overwhelming evidence to shatter this myth, and many others perpetrated by the chemical, pharmaceutical, and processed foods industries.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAlarming Chemical Body Burden Statistics\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nConsider this:\n\u003cbr\u003e- The average American carries a \"body burden\" of 700 synthetic chemicals\n\u003cbr\u003e- Chemicals in tap water can cause reproductive abnormalities and hermaphroditic birth\n\u003cbr\u003e- One study of lactating women found perchlorate (a toxic component of rocket fuel) in practically every mother's breast milk\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEvidence-Based Health Protection Strategies\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nIn the face of this national health crisis, Fitzgerald presents informed and practical suggestions for what we can do to turn the tide and live healthier lives. This paperback from Plume Books delivers thoroughly researched findings backed by scientific studies and investigative reporting spanning four decades.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eRandall Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e has been an investigative newspaper and magazine reporter and book author for over forty years. He has written investigative features for \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\nHis books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Year Lie: How food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky You!: Proven Strategies for Finding Good Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... And What You Can Do About It\u003c\/i\u003e with Samuel S. Epstein.","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680617992466,"sku":"9780452288393","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hundred-year-lie-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-chemicals-that-are-destroying-your-health-9780452288393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}