Author of the acclaimed book /Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at
Cancer and the Environment/, Sandra Steingraber will give a free public
presentation at Ithaca College on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7:30pm in Park Hall
Auditorium.
Steingraber will speak on “The Importance of Journalism and Independent
Media in an Age of Ecological Crisis.” An expert on the environmental
causes of cancer and reproductive problems, Steingraber is herself a
cancer survivor. She’s been named a “Woman of the Year” by /Ms./
Magazine and “the new Rachel Carson” by the Sierra Club. A documentary
film based on “Living Downstream” will be released this spring.
She is a powerful speaker with a gripping personal story and deep
insights about journalism. She is a columnist for the ad-free /Orion/
magazine.
Steingraber’s book /Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood/
is a memoir of her pregnancy and an examination of environmental threats
to fetal development. She was featured in Bill Moyer’s report, “Kids &
Chemicals: Are We Poisoning Our Children?”
The lecture is sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media.
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