Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power

Mark Shaprio, editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco has just released a new book that is causing a stir: Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power.

In the book, Shaprio explores such discomforting information as the 2005 U.S. Centers for Disease Control tests that found 148 toxic chemicals "in the bodies of 'Americans of all ages.'"

But Shaprio goes beyond just the frightening toxic soup we swim in and delves deeper into the whys and wherefores of our current sitatuion... he looks into the U.S.'s unique tendency to take no action against businesses and their products until a disaster occurs and keeps them tied to 1970s standards-"exposed to substances from which increasing numbers of people around the world are being protected"

Governments in Europe and Japan have kept citizens relatively safe from what contributes to the deaths "of at least 5 million people a year," according to the World Health Organization, while in the U.S. backroom deals and pure stupidity are killing our own citizens.

"Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power." reveals toxins in personal care products, toys, electronics and foods which are, in some cases, manufactured solely for U.S. consumption, and traces them to the people and events responsible

Recently Shaprio was interviewed on National Public Radio. Listen to it here.