Sandra Steingraber is a scholar in residence at Ithaca College, a columnist, and a contributing editor at Orion magazine. For her research and writing, she has received the Rachel Carson Leadership Award from Chatham College, the Environmental Champion Award from the Physicians for Social Responsibility, and from Healthy Child, Healthy World, the Mom on a Mission Award for Prevention. She lives with her husband and children (Faith and Elijah) in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.