Bioneers: Sandra Steingraber

Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., is a biologist, award-winning author, mother of two, and cancer survivor. Currently a scholar-in-residence at Ithaca College in New York, she is author of "Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and Environment" and "Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood." Steingraber is at work on a book about the environmental life of children. She has addressed many environmental health conferences, testified at congressional briefings, and appeared frequently on national media.