Peril in the Ponds: Deformed Frogs, Politics, and a Biologist's Quest
Do the observations of a curiously stubborn field biologist have any relevance to the busy lives of parents raising children or to agricultural economics, public health policymaking, and the corporate control of science? Here s your answer. Peril in the Ponds begins with frogs and travels the world. Its author is brave, its evidence convincing, its story compelling. Judy Helgen is Winston Churchill in a pair of waders. Read what she has to say . . . and then do something. --Sandra Steingraber, author of Living DownstreamThis is a book for anyone who cares about the environment, not just in Minnesota but every place where there are frogs and farms. --Craig Pittman, author of Paving Paradise: Floridas Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net LossJudy Helgen was at ground zero when the epidemic of malformed frogs tipped from a regional environmental issue to an international phenomenon. Her book takes us through a heady time when industry and governments were scared and emotions ran as hot as they did during the Love Canal debacle or following the publication of Silent Spring. --Michael Lanoo, author of Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic EcosystemsPeril does a fine job of combining the thrill of a scientific whodunit (just exactly what is responsible for frog deformities in Minnesota?) with a 'this-is-my-story' monologue from a professional scientist. And it is the side story of Dr. Helgen's life, interwoven with the realities of modern science, rather than the frog deformities themselves that steal the show in this book. --PLOS BiologyJudy Helgen was at ground zero when the epidemic of malformed frogs tipped from a regional environmental issue to an international phenomenon. Her book takes us through a heady time when industry and governments were scared and emotions ran as hot as they did during the Love Canal debacle or following the publication of Silent Spring. --Michael Lanoo, author of Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems