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Author Steingraber, Sandra.

Title Raising Elijah : protecting our children in an age of environmental crisis / Sandra Steingraber.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  615.9 STE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  618.9298 STE    Check Shelf
Edition First Da Capo Press edition.
Description xviii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
Series A Merloyd Lawrence book
Merloyd Lawrence book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-328) and index.
Contents Milk (and terror) -- The nursery school playground (and well-informed futility) -- The grocery list (and the ozone hole) -- Pizza (and ecosystem services) -- The kitchen floor (and national security) -- Asthma (and intergenerational equity) -- The big talk (and systems theory) -- Homework (and frontiers in neurotoxicology) -- Eggs (and sperm) -- Bicycles on Main Street (and high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing).
Summary Explores the social, political, and ecological forces behind key things and moments in every kid's childhood, arguing that parents should consider environmental issues an integral part of family life.
Subject Pediatric toxicology -- United States.
Environmentally induced diseases in children -- United States.
Environmental toxicology -- United States.
Children and the environment -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
ISBN 9780738213996: $26.00
0738213993: $26.00
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