Chemicals Quote by Sandra Steingraber

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

— Sandra Steingraber

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

— Sandra Steingraber

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

— 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 extracted from…

— Sandra Steingraber

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

— 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 of drinking…

— Sandra Steingraber

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

— 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

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

— Sandra Steingraber

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

— Sandra Steingraber

We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You are not…

— Sandra Steingraber