Debbie bookchin and jim schumacher

Book Synopsis

Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is regarded as a veritbale medical miracle, for it largely eradicated one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century.

Debbie bookchin and jim schumacher wedding The virus has also been detected in pituitary and thyroid tumors. Magnified 50, times under an electron microscope, SV40 doesn't seem particularly menacing. Although the multi-lab study was completed at the end of , at the time this article was written it had yet to be submitted for publication. Top reviews from United Kingdom.

But the story of the vaccine has a dark side, one that has never been fully told before. Between and , close to 98 million Americans received polio vaccinations contaminated with a carcinogenic monkey virus, now known as SV The government downplayed the incident, and it was generally accepted that although oncogenic to lab animals, SV40 was harmless to humans.

But now SV40 is showing up in human cancers, and prominent researchers are demanding a serious public health response to this forgotten polio vaccine contaminant. A gripping medical detective story, The Virus and the Vaccine raises major questions about vaccine policy.

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"This well-researched, well-documented book unfurls a compelling scientific sagaNot only that, it's written with the zing of a medical thriller, featuring fully realized characters, dramatic conflicts, high-level politics and scientific egos big enough to levitate Stone Mountain."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"This meticulously researched, levelheaded and well-written book should stir up considerable debate.

Because the authors never became alarmist, this solid work of investigative reporting carries considerable weight, and deserves to be read by a large audience."--Publishers Weekly"Powerful and emotive, the book captures the joy of scientific discovery--from the dramatic fight against polio to the thrill of basic virology--with the tone of a mystery thriller."
-Dr.

Norman J. Maitland, professor of molecular biology, director of the YCR Cancer Research Unit, University of York "A beautifully-told tale of science and a fascinating piece of medical history.

Debbie bookchin and jim schumacher It helps us understand the whole picture of how viruses interact with environmental carcinogens. Brooke Mossman, the director of the environmental-pathology program at the University of Vermont, was the first scientist to tease out the complex molecular pathways by which asbestos disrupts cellular regulatory mechanisms and causes mesothelioma. But the story of the vaccine has a dark side, one that has never been fully told before. Is the vaccine not cleared of the virus after all?

The Virus and the Vaccinereveals how science can be distorted, pushed and pulled by the pressures of politics and profits."
-Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School "Millions of Americans are unaware that government officials and leading scientists played Russian roulette with their health in the s[This] fascinating, meticulously-researched account of the coverup, and its possible long-term health effects, is a deeply disturbing chapter in the recent history of science."
-Stephen S.

Hall, New York Times Magazinescience writer and author of Merchants of Immortality

Review Quotes

"This well-researched, well-documented book unfurls a compelling scientific sagaNot only that, it's written with the zing of a medical thriller, featuring fully realized characters, dramatic conflicts, high-level politics and scientific egos big enough to levitate Stone Mountain." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"This meticulously researched, levelheaded and well-written book should stir up considerable debate.

Because the authors never became alarmist, this solid work of investigative reporting carries considerable weight, and deserves to be read by a large audience." --Publishers Weekly"Bookchin and Schumacher's fascinating, meticulously-researched account of the coverup, and its possible long-term health effects, is a deeply disturbing chapter in the recent history of science." --Stephen S.

Hall, New York Times Magazine science writer

About the Author

Debbie Bookchin has been a journalist since and has won awards for her news, feature and investigative reporting. She has written for The Boston Globe, The Nation, The New York Times, and numerous other publications.
Jim Schumacher is a lawyer and writer whose work has appeared in Boston Magazine, Newsday, and The Atlantic Monthly, among others.

Bookchin and Schumacher are married to each other and live in Vermont with their daughter.
The article on which The Virus and the Vaccine is based was originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in and earned a selection in the HarperCollins book Best Science Writing .