On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about
the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown
and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise
has been Nancy Nichols' mission for more than a decade. "Lake
Effect" is the story of her investigation. It reaches back to their
childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, an industrial town on Lake
Michigan once known for good factory jobs and great fishing. Now
Waukegan is famous for its Superfund sites: as one resident put it,
asbestos to the north, PCBs to the south. Drawing on her experience
as a journalist, Nichols interviewed dozens of scientists, doctors,
and environmentalists to determine if these pollutants could have
played a role in her sister's death. While researching Sue's
cancer, she discovered her own: a vicious though treatable form of
pancreatic cancer. Doctors and even family urged her to forget
causes and concentrate on cures, but Nichols knew that it was
relentless questioning that had led to her diagnosis. And that it
is questioning - by government as well as individuals - that could
save other lives. "Lake Effect" challenges us to ask why. It is the
fulfillment of a sister's promise. And it is a call to stop the
pollution that is endangering the health of all our families.
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