Man-made chemicals are killing us and they’re everywhere – in our food, water, air, clothing, homes and workplaces, author says. It’s why we, and Planet Earth, need a detox

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Earth Detox: How and Why We Must Clean Up Our Planet by Julian Cribb, pub. Cambridge University Press If you ever have Australian science writer Julian Cribb over for dinner, don’t serve strawberries for dessert, at least not the supermarket-bought varieties consumed by the truckload, especially during summer. As he will readily explain, the produce may look luscious but it is “saturated” with fungicide to prevent fuzz spreading uncontrollably after a few days – the way it used to when he grew the fruit at home as a child. Washing will not completely remove the poison, meaning, he says, “you’re...