The Perils of Progress : The Health and Environmental Hazards of Modern Technology and What You Can Do About Them

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Summary: Fantastic, highly informative, and a call to action.
Review: This is a groundbreaking book. It has a very wide scope. The authors look at nutrition, electromagnetic radiation, water and air quality, agricultural practices, synthetic and toxic chemicals, and more.

Before reading this book, I was already very aware of environmental issues and wanted to get involved to help make the world a healthier and more sustainable place. However, after reading the book, I realised that the situation is even worse than I at first thought, and, according to environmentalists like David Suzuki, humanity doesn't have much time left to reverse its direction.

Like many other books on ecology and health, it can become depressing at times because it reveals so much of what is wrong with the world. However, I view it as a strong call for action to all informed and intelligent human beings living on this planet, especially the ones living in the developed world.

Fortunately, the authors don't just describe what is wrong, they provide their readers with concrete suggestions (in the form of a list of tips at the end of every chapter) as to how they can decrease their impact on the environment and improve their health.

Please buy this book and spread the word.

By the way, because their is so much to read and assimilate in our "Information Age", I recommend to other readers that they investigate speed reading and perhaps even other systems of improving mental performance. This might make it easier to make your way through all the interesting books listed at www.amazon.com!

Tony Buzan's books are well worth reading and Richard Welch's "Subliminal Dynamics" and "Mental Photography" might be worth investigating. Check out the website for more info.