Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
"Indispensable and unputdownable, Smith and Lourie take our — and their — toxic temperature. As scary as it all is, the really surprising part is how easily we can start cleaning up our act."— Ann-Marie MacDonald, author ofThe Way the Crow FliesandFall On Your Knees"Open this book and you'll never look at a rubber duck the same way again. . . . [Slow Death by Rubber Duck] goes beyond scare tactics to solutions that we can all apply to our daily lives."—Green Living"A fascinating and frightening read leavened by frequent references to pop culture — everything fromSaturday Night Liveepisodes to quotes fromMiss Marple— as well as the authors' brio in using their own bodies as test subjects. . . . Important and timely."—The Globe and Mail"Alarming, engrossing, and just plain loony at times, their experiments drive home just how mundanely day-to-day our mass chemical poisoning has become."— Adria Vasil, author ofEcoholic