GreenCAPE
Learn and Take Action
'From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act."
Sandra Steingraber
Contact Information:
NSTAR/Eversource Contacts to Call.
Directory of your elected State officials.
USA.gov - Directory of your elected Federal officials.
Write a letter to the Editor:
The Cape Cod Times on-line submission
.....If you feel that you don't know enough yet,
Get More Information
Read this article by Dr. Michael Surgan,
Chief Scientist in the Environmental Protection Bureau
of the NY State Attorney General's Office:
EPA Pesticide Registration: Our Safety in the Balance.
Learn about cancer rates and environmental issues in your town - visit the Massachusetts Health and Environment Information System (Mass HEIS) produced by Silent Spring Institute.
Books:
In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development . A report by Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Clean Water Fund, May 2000
Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning, by National Environmental Trust et al.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, 2007
In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan, 2008
Altering Eden - The Feminization of Nature by Deborah Cadbury, Oct. 1999, St. Martin¹s Press
Common Sense Pest Control - Least Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pests and Community, by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, and Helen Olkowski, 1991, Taunton Press
Fateful Harvest: the True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson, 2001, Harper Collins
Generations at Risk - Reproductive Health and the Environment by Ted Schettler, M.D., Gina Solomon, M.D., Maria Valenti, and Annette Huddle, 1999, MIT Press
Living Downstream - An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., 1997, Addison-Wesley
Having Faith - An Exploration of the Intimate Ecology of Motherhood by Sandra Steingraber Ph.D., 2003, Berkley
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis by Sandra Steingraber Ph.D., 2011, Da Capo Press