Living Downstream

Living on Earth

Biologist Sandra Steingraber wrote about evidence linking cancer with environmental toxics in her book “Living Downstream.” Now she brings her case to the big screen in a new film of the same name. Host Steve Curwood talks with Steingraber about her efforts to make the environment part of the public health discussion.

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