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Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series) (1st Edition) by Kristin Shrader-Frechette Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-19-532546-X / 019532546X ISBN-13: 978-0-19-532546-1 / 9780195325461 In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health costs to Americans are similarly staggering: $13 billion a year from asthma, $351 billion from cardiovascular disease, and $240 billion from occupational |