Poisoned: How a Crime-Busting Prosecutor Became an Environmental Champion baixar o livro de graça

Alan Bell was a prosecutor against the real life Cocaine Cowboys as portrayed in the popular 1980s television series "Miami Vice." To combat the hardball tactics of their high-priced criminal defense attorneys, Alan often accompanied agents on raids, securing incriminating evidence for trial. After seven years prosecuting the Colombian cartels, the mafia, and murderers, Alan took a private sector job in Miami s newest skyscraper, as he planned his eventual run for the United States Senate. Suddenly, Alan became seriously ill. At first, doctors suspected he was poisoned by the Mafia. It was later confirmed that he was indeed poisoned. But, not by the Mob. Instead, he and others were Poisoned in their office by sick building syndrome." This injury caused him to become sensitized to chemicals, forcing him to flee his glamorous life in Miami to a remote location in the Arizona desert. He lost his health, career, marriage, and nearly his life. More than anything else, he fought to stay alive to prevent his daughter, Ashlee, from becoming an orphan. In his quest to regain health, he discovered that global fatalities caused by toxic exposures dwarf the number of victims stricken by AIDS, auto accidents, crime and war combined. To fight this 'silent epidemic', Alan established the Environmental Health Foundation finding treatments and alerting the public about unregulated toxic chemicals found in our homes, schools and workplaces. Although Alan was confined in an environmentally controlled home for almost a decade, in a wheelchair, tethered to an oxygen tank, he utilized his persuasive skills to assemble an unprecedented group of world-renowned scientists to fight human disease caused by chemical exposure through public awareness and the development of cutting-edge treatment. Alan organized a landmark conference at the Biosphere II in Arizona attended by America s top environmental scientists, endorsed by National leaders, including Apollo astronaut, Gene Cernan, and Vice-President, Al Gore. Although Alan was too ill to attend, his young daughter, Ashlee, scoured the conference, pleading with attendees to help her father. Her efforts paid off, when a scientist led Alan to a new drug. This medicine freed Alan from his imprisonment and become an avenger for victims of environmental injury. This is a heart-warming love story between a little girl and her Daddy, and what did together to survive against all odds. In his pursuit of justice, Alan collaborated with lawyers featured in the films, "Erin Brockovich" and "A Civil Action." He also interfaced with America s brightest scientific minds at top university medical centers and US Governmental agencies. Alan s legal cases dealt with the unsafe usage of chemicals, corporate indifference, and its disproportionate impact upon minority communities. Utilizing his personal story as a template, this book delves deeper into the dazzling world of environmental attorneys, the suffering of victims, and expert opinions of top scientists at leading universities researching our environment s impact upon human health. Interviews from those who have been a part of Alan s amazing life story expose the hidden truths behind this unprecedented global chemical assault upon the human race. Along the way, readers learn how to protect themselves and their families from chemicals found in our everyday environment and consumer products. This is the story of a remarkable life, a courageous and fearless man, and a daunting danger that affects us all."