Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret
by Duff Wilson
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I see soil in a new light, and I wonder about my own lawn and garden. What have I sprinkled on my backyard? Is somebody using my home, my food, to recycle toxic waste? It seems unbelievable, outlandish -- but what if it's true?A riveting expos, Fateful Harvest tells the story of Patty Martin -- the mayor of a small Washington town called Quincy -- who discovers American industries are dumping toxic waste into farmers' fields and home gardens by labeling it "fertilizer." She becomes outraged show more at the failed crops, sick horses, and rare diseases in her town, as well as the threats to her children's health. Yet, when she blows the whistle on a nationwide problem, Patty Martin is nearly run out of town.Duff Wilson, whose Seattle Times series on this story was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, provides the definitive account of a new and alarming environmental scandal. Fateful Harvest is a gripping study of corruption and courage, of recklessness and reckoning. It is a story that speaks to the greatest fears -- and ultimate hope -- in us all. show lessTags
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everyone who eats food or has kids should read this book. Does that cover you?
Investigative journalists. Can't live with 'em. Can't live without 'em.
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Duff Wilson is a reporter at the Seattle Times.
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- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
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- 363.19 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Public Safety - Police, Crime Investigation Public safety from hazards Food
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- TD195 .F46 .W55 — Technology Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Environmental effects of industries and plants
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