I was sent a copy of this beautiful hardcover over-sized book “Vanishing World - The Endangered Arctic” a little while ago and I am just getting around to writing a little something about it. If you want to see beautiful photographs of the arctic vanishing right before your eyes, you should check it out. The book took 5 years to put together, and you can tell that these people truly care about our environment by looking at the pictures. While it is not something you sit down and read over the weekend, we have had it out on the coffee table and I often pick it up to flip through, marveling at the beautiful arctic scenery that might be completely changed in my lifetime.

I also think this book would be perfect for children to look through - the images are astounding and would probably enthrall kids who love nature. We adults have become accustomed to seeing images of the arctic, but for kids just starting life now, this stuff will definitely be gone by the time they are adults. It’s a scary world we live in - and luckily we have people who put together books like this one to show us what we might not notice. And I think as soon as we are done perusing it for a while, I will send it with my wife to her school so her kids can enjoy it. If you have a chance, check this book out and see what I am talking about, it is quite beautiful.

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Amazon Environmentalist Store

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I had a chance a while back to get an advance copy of the new book “The Blue Death” by Dr. Robert D. Morris and I have just finished reading through the book. I get a lot of books to review and most of them are not any good, but this one is surely an exception…it is entirely gripping, full of very useful information and it taught me things that I had no idea about. Dr. Morris is an environmental epidemiologist and a leading researcher in the field of drinking water and health, so obviously he knows what he is talking about. And what he wants us all to know is that our drinking water is far from safe…in fact, it is just waiting for a terrible outbreak of a waterborne disease. I can tell you this - it is a scary book, but also gives hope that something can be done to change the way we use and abuse our drinking water.

“The Blue Death” is written like a fiction novel - from locations set in 19th century England to our modern day, the book weaves tales and facts about cholera outbreaks, typhoid fever, micro-organisms spreading through our water supply and other water-borne pathogens infecting the public. And although we all feel contentedly safe about our water supply, Dr. Morris let’s us in on a little known secret - our water is on the verge of poisoning all of us if something is not done to protect it. Filters we have in place do not stop every bit of bacteria, the use of chlorine to clean what water we have is potentially toxic, and how the government is so endeared to the drinking water industry lobbyists that nothing is ever actually done to preserve the safety of our water.

If you are looking for a good informative read that goes quickly and acts like a fiction novel, this book might be for you. At times, it is terribly depressing…knowing we could be one false move away from killing millions of us is disheartening. But at the same time, the call to action has been issued and more people should learn about the dangers surrounding our water supply. Check it out if you have a chance, I highly recommend it.

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