Canadians Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie used their own bodies as laboratories, ingesting and inhaling the chemical agents that lurk in everyday household products. They lived to tell their story in their bestseller 'Slow Death By Rubber Duck'. Now they tell Anton Enus how unsafe we are even in our own homes.
Rick Smith (International) Rick Smith is a prominent Canadian author and environmentalist. As executive director of Environmental Defence Canada he has established a reputation as one of the country's leading environmental campaigners. Recently Rick teamed up with Bruce Lourie, an environmental professional, to tell the story of pollution in our modern world using their own bodies as laboratories. Their results were published in ‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck’, which exposes the extent to which we are being poisoned every day of our lives, both in our homes and our workplaces.
Bruce Lourie (International) Bruce Lourie is one of Canada’s leading environmental thinkers and co-author of the best-selling book ‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health’. He is president of Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation in Canada, a director of the Ontario Power Authority and a director of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity. Bruce is a founder of a number of for profit and non-profit organisations. He has advised numerous federal, provincial and municipal bodies in Canada on energy policy and climate issues.
Anton Enus (Australian) Anton Enus, a broadcast journalist with more than 25 years' experience, has been presenting 'World News Australia' bulletins on SBS TV since 1999. He began his career at the South African national broadcaster SABC as a radio news reporter and later worked as a parliamentary reporter, current affairs producer, TV news reporter and TV presenter. In addition to reading the 6.30pm 'World News Australia' bulletin, Anton hosts special SBS news events. As an avid reader, Anton is very excited to be involved in SWF again this year.
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