She is currently a scholar in residence at Ithaca College and frequently lectures about her experiences across the country.Īlways reminding us that environmental issues are personal, Dr. Steingraber’s ability to make scientific research compelling to a wide audience has been a hallmark of her career. Steingraber wrote, “From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.” The book was later made into a documentary film and released in 2010.ĭr. cancer registries with data from the Toxics Release Inventory, Dr. In her well-received book, Living Downstream, which brought together data from U.S. Steingraber investigated an alleged cancer cluster in her hometown in central Illinois and its possible relationship to the river valley’s industrial and agricultural practices. Sandra Steingraber, who received the 17 th Heinz Award with Special Focus on the Environment, has devoted her life’s work to understanding the ways in which chemical contaminants in air, water and food endanger human health.ĭiagnosed with bladder cancer as a young woman – and queried by her physician about her childhood environment – Dr. Hailed by Sierra magazine as the “New Rachel Carson,” ecologist and author Dr.
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