Sandra Steingraber

“Prenatal care means taking care of water, fish, and glaciers.”

— Sandra Steingraber

From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

— Sandra Steingraber

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

— Sandra Steingraber

Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, more than 750 million tons of chemical wastes were discarded.

— Sandra Steingraber

I have come to believe that extracting natural gas from shale using the newish technique called hydrofracking is the environmental issue of…

— Sandra Steingraber

The scientific analysis that is supposed to provide our Governor the facts and information he needs to make a crucial decision was…

— Sandra Steingraber

Industrialized countries have disproportionately more cancers than countries with little or no industry (after adjusting for age and population size). One half…

— Sandra Steingraber

... we find ourselves facing a rising tide of biologically active, synthetic organic chemicals. Some tinker with our hormones. Some attach themselves…

— Sandra Steingraber

“birth defects, as well as congenital heart problems, were elevated in communities served by a drinking water reservoir that had been contaminated…

— Sandra Steingraber

The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on…

— Sandra Steingraber

We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You…

— Sandra Steingraber

As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or…

— Sandra Steingraber

We can change our thinking. Rather than viewing the chemical adulteration of our environment and our bodies as the inevitable practice of…

— Sandra Steingraber

Indeed, the quantity of PCBs still in use plus the quantity still languishing in waste dumps exceeds the total amount that has…

— Sandra Steingraber

Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main…

— Sandra Steingraber

I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water…

— Sandra Steingraber

We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for…

— Sandra Steingraber

In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not…

— Sandra Steingraber

Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent…

— Sandra Steingraber

By 1990, the EPA had tallied up 32,645 sites of past chemical waste dumping in need of cleanup. Some of these are…

— Sandra Steingraber

Here in the United States, a study of nearly 700 women in California showed an increased risk of fetal death among babies…

— Sandra Steingraber