Living downstream by sandra steingraber biography
Sandra steingraber living downstream.
Living Downstream
Living Downstream is a 2010 feature-length true documentary based on the book by ecologist and cancer survivorSandra Steingraber, Ph.D.[1] The film was produced by The People's Picture Company.[2][3]
Summary
This film follows Sandra during one year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.
After a routine cancer screening, Sandra receives results that thrust her into a period of medical uncertainty.
Living downstream by sandra steingraber biography
The film starts the audience on two journeys with Sandra: her private struggles with cancer and her public fight to bring attention to the human rights issue of cancer prevention.
Living Downstream also follows the chemical carcinogens against which Sandra is fighting as they migrate throughout North America.
The film documents interviews with scientists who believe these toxins may be working to cause cancer, and shows how chemicals enter the bodies of human