The potential impact on humans is high, ranging through toxicity, cancer, developmental birth defects, and mutation of eggs and sperm.
Every attempt is made to draw the reader, whether professional or lay person, into the dilemma.
And this is as it must be, for the dilemma will not disappear. The pendulum of environmental policy swings from one extreme to the other, depending on which camp is in power and who has the ear of the media. Underkill is followed by overkill. The Environmental Pendulum provides a thoughtful and evenhanded assessment of this conflict. Tens of thousands of sites across the country are contaminated with toxic chemicals.