NPR stories about Susan Freinkel
Environment
Our 'Toxic' Love-Hate Relationship With Plastics
April 19, 2011 Science writer Susan Freinkel chronicles the rise of plastic in consumer culture — and its effects on the environment and our health — in Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Freinkel says plastics leach potentially harmful chemicals into our bloodstream — and that scientists are now figuring out what that does to our bodies.
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A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.

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A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.

