"Powerful reporting backing powerful conclusions--it will make those of us with kids shudder, but hopefully it will also make us get out of our chairs and engage in the politics necessary to protect the future."--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy

"In the spirit of popular CSI TV shows, the Shabecoffs lay out enough substantial incriminating data to indict, if not convict, a fair number of the usual suspects, from GE to Union Carbide to Monsanto to the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to even higher. With questions asked and answered, the Shabecoffs’ compelling case decides in favor of looking out for the defenseless." -- Booklist, Starred Review