"Slow Death by Rubber Duck" Reviews

"Milk" according to Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie.

Sources:

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/slow-death-by-rubber-duck-book-review.html

http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/732/book-review-slow-death-by-rubber-duck/

http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/06/23/book-review-slow-death-by-rubber-duck-by-rick-smith-and-bruce-lourie/#.T0_EHrLNnGU

Treehugger.com:
To be blunt, they were heavily disappointed by it. They found the authors' experimental methods to be contrived, misleading and unrepresentative of realistic conditions. They accuse the book of being written to be popular and accessible to the lowest common denominator of potential readers. They also suggest ways in which the authors could have improved the book, by looking at actual dangers and real risks of exposure instead of fear-mongering.

PhD in Parenting:
On the other hand, PIP enjoyed reading the book immensely, to the point of being legitimately frightened by it. The laud the book's use of case studies and industry stories to convey its point and explain how the chemicals are used and what their effects are. They too, however, were disappointed with the book's lack of actual scientific data; namely the small distribution, small sample size and lack of controls. Refers to the book as a "call to action" and gives it an overall high rating.

My own experience with this book so far has been forgettable. The authors spend a lot of their time fear mongering and praising their own experimental courage, while doing very little work describable as legitimate science.  The stories are interesting and nice enough, but they spend so much time trying to convince me of their point that they forget to bring up anything relevant.