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A Toxic Love Story
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 2011
On Sale: April 18, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 054715240X
EAN: 9780547152400
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, weβre starting to realize itβs not such a healthy relationship. Plastics draw on dwindling fossil fuels, leach harmful chemicals, litter landscapes, and destroy marine life. As journalist Susan Freinkel points out in this engaging and eye-opening book, weβre nearing a crisis point. Weβve produced as much plastic in the past decade as we did in the entire twentieth century. Weβre drowning in the stuff, and we need to start making some hard choices. Freinkel gives us the tools we need with a blend of lively anecdotes and analysis. She combs through scientific studies and economic data, reporting from China and across the United States to assess the real impact of plastic on our lives. She tells her story through eight familiar plastic objects: comb, chair, Frisbee, IV bag, disposable lighter, grocery bag, soda bottle, and credit card. Her conclusion: we cannot stay on our plastic-paved path. And we donβt have to. Plastic points the way toward a new creative partnership with the material we love to hate but canβt seem to live without.
 Media BuzzGood Morning America - April 21, 2011
Fresh Air - NPR - April 19, 2011
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