![]() ![]() © 2010 PPC - The People’s Picture Company. (Source: Adapted from Official Movie Website) ![]() Their work further illuminates the significant connection between a healthy environment and human health. Several experts in the fields of toxicology and cancer research highlight their findings on two pervasive chemicals: atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, and the industrial compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Scientists believe they may be working to cause cancer. The film shows how these invisible toxins migrate to some of the most beautiful places in North America. Living downstream an ecologists personal investigation of cancer and the environment 2nd ed. The chemicals against which she is fighting are also on the move. Living downstream by Sandra Steingraber, 2010, Da Capo Press edition, in English - 2nd ed. Her private struggles with cancer invest her public quest to bring attention to the human rights issue of cancer prevention with an added urgency. 85 min. .Īfter a routine cancer screening, Steingraber receives some worrying results and is thrust into a period of medical uncertainty. Toronto: The People’s Picture Company, 2010. ![]()
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