From the Author
What readers liked about the 1994 book apply equally well to its update (the two books complement each other). Here are my favorites: ¥"It's the Silent Spring of the 90s"--Anne Jackson, coordinator, Environmental Health Association of Los Angeles. ¥"I think it should be required reading for living on earth, and everyone should have a copy"--support-group member Lauren Jonik. ¥"Riveting. . . . the best popular book about our unconsenting toxic exposures in the modern world, how these assaults are allowed to continue, and what we can do about them. Despite its title and its excellent advice and referral sections at the end of chapters, Staying Well does not belong to the self-help genre. Instead this work paints a complex picture of the failures of our civilization, and engages us to become part of the solution. Don't be daunted by the length of this volume; you can read a section or two at random. . .if you can put it down"--New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Fall 1994.
About the Author
Lynn Lawson, M.A., a former medical writer, university instructor, and award-winning essayist, began writing about health and the environment after she realized how much her own health had been affected by toxic chemicals in her everyday surroundings. She served three years as the public relations chair of the Human Ecology Action League (HEAL), a national organization of people with environmentally related illnesses. Currently she is PR Chair of the Chicago-based support group MCS: Health & Environment and publishes CanaryNews, a nationally distributed newsletter. She wrote both books for two reasons: to validate the health/environment connection and to warn everyone about the chemical soup we all live in.
