Hold It! The Case for Hard Thinking, Honesty and Humility when Assessing Environmental Health Risks

by Joseph Duckett, Jeffrey Pierce

History shows popular beliefs about environmental hazards and health risks-whether alarmist or dismissive-are often wrong. Leaded paint never protected human health. Acid mine drainage never protected us against Typhoid fever. Sulfur dioxide never prevented blindness or cleansed lungs. Banning straws won't alleviate oceanic plastic pollution. Government programs for re-powering with alternative energy won't arrest global climate change.



This thought-provoking book argues that we should "Hold It" long enough to follow facts and science before accepting environmental misconceptions.

211 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 17, 2022

Reviews

[Jack Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I needed this in my life. Sometimes thinking about climate change and the destruction of nature brings me down, but this book helped understand that’s it’s probably all going to be alright.