The sensitives : the rise of environmental illness and the search for America's last pure place / Oliver Broudy.
Title:
The sensitives : the rise of environmental illness and the search for America's last pure place / Oliver Broudy.
ISBN:
9781982128500
9781982128524
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
viii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
The disappearance of Brian Welsh -- On the run -- The comfort of guns -- Crazy Charlie -- Ignorance ain't easy -- Down into the country -- The word from Snowflake -- The work of the devil -- Paiute forestry -- The story of color -- Poison unleashed -- Quackery's great-granddad -- Toughing it out -- Hyenas, nukes, and tornadoes -- Snowflake -- The figure in the static -- The gospel of Dr. Gray -- Prescribing the north wind -- Edmund Husserl would like a word -- What you can learn from a butterfly -- Alone with orcas -- The king of the forest -- Goodbye to the pines -- Bernhoft's judgment.
Summary:
Over fifty million Americans endure a mysterious environmental illness that renders them allergic to chemicals. Innocuous staples from deodorant to garbage bags wreak havoc on sensitives. No one is born with EI; it often starts with a single toxic exposure. Symptoms include extreme fatigue, brain fog, muscle aches, inability to tolerate certain foods. Broudy investigates this disease, and delves into the intricate, ardent subculture that surrounds it. -- adapted from jacket
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OCLC Number:
on1124422839
Availability:
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