Bitter Fog

By Carol Van Strum

Book Overview

A Bitter Fog is a true story of people living in the forests of Oregon fighting to protect their families and environment from Agent Orange poisons sprayed on them from the air. It puts human faces on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871563290
• ISBN13: 9780871563293
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

war comes home

This book was written in the early 80s about the herbicide wars that took place here in western Oregon. Chemicals banned for use in Vietnam were brought home, to be sprayed on forests here. Chemical companies, tooled up for the production of Agent Orange, were able to recoup their losses, while at the same time the government was able to collect data on the effects of these chemicals on human and animal populations. This book tells the story of the people who lived in those forests and became activists, fighting to protect the lives of their children, as well as the health of their environment. (Ironically, the author's husband's jobs in Vietnam was to drop pamphlets assuring villagers that Agent Orange would not harm them.) This clearly written, carefully sourced book is as relevant and important today as it was when it was written twenty-five years ago. It should be read by anyone who cares about the environment, anyone who is interested in community activism or government and corporate corruption. It should be read by every Oregonian, as part of our history.