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Breasts, May 2012
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A Natural and Unnatural History
W.W. Norton & Company
May 2012
On Sale: May 7, 2012
352 pages
ISBN: 0393063186
EAN: 9780393063189
Kindle: B007F7XXS2
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Non-Fiction
An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ
and its imperiled modern fate. Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to
cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times
the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an
evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the
breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving
earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly,
the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast
cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial—and
so vulnerable? In this informative and highly entertaining account,
intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to
uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of
anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation
follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to
pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon’s
office where she learns about the importance of cup size in
Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of
environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a
fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where
they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.
12 illustrations
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