Taking Action, Saving Lives

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Taking Action, Saving Lives is written by Kristin Shrader-Frechette and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199886741 (ISBN 10) and 9780199886746 (ISBN 13).

In this book, at once brilliant and accessible, Shrader-Frechette reveals how politicians, campaign contributors, and lobbyists--and their power over media, advertising, and public relations--have conspired to cover up environmental disease and death. She also shows how science and regulators themselves are frequently "captured" by well-funded polluters and special interests. But most important, the author puts both the blame--and the solution--on the shoulders of ordinary citizens. She argues that everyone, especially in a democracy, has a duty to help prevent avoidable environmental deaths.