Technological progress has often surpassed the scientific knowledge associated with the causes that determine health. Increasing complications in social organization increase the possibilities by which multiple agents can disturb health, including factors such as those that endanger physical health such as poisonous chemicals or radiation, limited access to pure health and natural resources, and the endless fusion of all of them. Decisions made in seemingly distant spheres of health often have the prospect of having a positive or negative impact on people's health due to the numerous links and connections in modern life. Health is an industry made up of extremely complex systems, which can be accidentally disturbed in unpredictable ways and cause health problems that can be serious and irrevocable. Precaution has been present at the heart of public health security for centuries, and the precautionary principle is undeniably connected to performing under conditions of doubt, which is a common situation nowadays. Steingraber's suffering from cancer at an early age led her to wonder what lies behind it. Many people in her family suffered from cancer, and the fact that she was adopted made her think about the factors that families share beyond their genes. Having trained as a biologist, she began looking for answers in previous scientific research. One of the obstacles that prevent us from addressing the environmental roots of cancer is the word lifestyle. Lifestyle risks are not independent of environmental risks. Our lives take place within the ecological world…” (pp.270) comes from his personal experience as he states that we tend to ignore the risks that our...... middle of paper...... environmental issues through her books “Living Downstream,” “Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood” (discovers the cherished biology of motherhood. Both an account of her pregnancy and a study of fetal toxicology) and “Raising Elijah : Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis” where he writes of his primary concern that our children face a more intimidating atmosphere for their health than any generation in the past. Rachel Carson's Maine Connections She was on Southport Island when she helped found the Maine chapter of “The Wilderness.” In 1956, Carson and some concerned citizens gathered on the coast of Maine to talk about the threats they observed around them and consider what could be done. Every idea was promising, but none seemed destined to work until the end .