Poison Spring

By: E. G. Vallianatos, McKay Jenkins

Narrated by: Michael McConnahie

Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's Summary

Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long after they are deposited, and constitute, in the words of one scientist, "biologic death bombs with a delayed time fuse and which may prove to be, in the long run, as dangerous to the existence of mankind as the arsenal of atom bombs". All of these poisons are sanctioned--or in some cases, ignored--by the EPA.

For 25 years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from huge corporations were turning the it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex.

Writing with acclaimed environmental journalist McKay Jenkins, E.G. Vallianatos provides a devastating expos of how the agency created to protect Americans and our environment has betrayed its mission. Half a century after after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring awakened us to the dangers of pesticides, we are poisoning our lands and waters with more toxic chemicals than ever.

©2014 E. G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

A Frightening Wake Up Call!

As usual, the American public is under an illusion about what ''government'' agencies are supposed to be 'watching out for us and keeping us safe. However, this candid inside view of the EPA is a scary check of the real story and what goes on behind the scenes.

Their hands are tied and the large corporations that feed them are all corrupt and DO NOT have our best interest at heart. Well done to Valliantos and Jenkins for having the courage to write it down and spread the word. Maybe one day, someone will grow large enough testicles Or ovaries, to bring this out into the open and expose them for who they truly are and what they 'do not stand for'. You'll be outraged and sickened by the cover ups, the disregard and complete disdain for the American public. Fobid! That the American health of the people residing in it, should actually matter and be treated as a valued population where in their health could be placed at the top of the list.

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Excellent book that everyone should read!

If everyone read this book the world would be abetter place. Spells out the origin of all disease

Perhaps The Most Important Book of the 21st Century

This book contains information that every American needs to know, especially if you have children or grand children.

The Secret History of the EPA is worst than I have ever imagined. And the conduct of our elected officials, and the worlds' chemical companies is criminal.

The chemicals that are allowed to be used in our homes, yards, communities, and farmlands are truly weapons of mass destruction; and their use must be stopped, by whatever peaceful means possible.

If you are a parent with children, you need to know this information.

I would strongly encourage you take immediate action to protect your family's health by eliminating chemicals in your home. Take measures to filter you indoor air, your tap and well water, and eat beyond organic, local foods (know where your comes from and how it is grown).

Once you clean up your own house, tell your neighbors and form action committees to influence your community, and your local politicians.

Mothers, grandmothers, it is time to wake-up and take action to protect your/our children...!

Read this book, and get it into the hands of every person that you know, and then get involved, start your own local movement of change -- The time to act is now...!

Shocking. Outrageous.

I can hardly believe the extent to which our government abandons science and public health in the face of industry bullying. Gross. All organic for me from now on.