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Sandra Steingraber (born 1959) is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor in the tradition of Rachel Carson. Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and environmental links to cancer. ==Biography== Ecologist, activist and author Sandra Steingraber was adopted as an infant. Steingraber grew up and spent most of her childhood in Tazewell County, Illinois. Her mother was a microbiologist and her father was a community college professor. Her parents inculcated in her an interest in sustainable development and organic agriculture from a young age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=Sandra Steingraber )〕 In her 20s, Steingraber developed bladder cancer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=Sandra Steingraber ) 〕 She was not alone; in several of her books, she describes an apparent cancer cluster in her hometown and within her family. After her cancer went into remission, Steingraber completed her undergraduate degree in biology from Illinois Wesleyan University. She worked for several years as a field researcher, eventually earning her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan. Steingraber also holds a master's degree in English from Illinois State University. Steingraber has been on faculty at Cornell University, and is Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York.〔 Steingraber has held visiting fellowships at the University of Illinois, Radcliffe/Harvard, and Northeastern University, and served on President Bill Clinton's National Action Plan on Breast Cancer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=Eco Mama )〕 On March 18, 2013, Steingraber was arrested along with nine other protesters for blocking the entrance to the Inergy natural gas facility near Ithaca to protest "the industrialization of the Finger Lakes." After refusing to pay a fine, Steingraber and two other members of the "Seneca Lake 12" received 15-day sentences. Steingraber served 10 days in the Chemung County jail in the city of Elmira before being released. On October 29, 2014 and as a participant in the civil disobedience campaign, called We Are Seneca Lake, Steingraber was arrested again with nine other protestors at the gates of Crestwood Midstream (formerly Inergy) for trespassing and blocking a chemical truck which resulted in an additional charge of disorderly conduct. On November 19th, in the Town of Reading Court, she was sentenced to 15-days in jail for refusing to pay her fine. She served 8-days in the Chemung County jail and was released. Steingraber detailed her experience in an ''Ecowatch'' article, "Why I am in Jail." 〔http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/21/sandra-steingraber-why-im-in-jail/}〕 Steingraber lives in Trumansburg, New York with her husband Jeff de Castro, a sculptor and art restoration specialist, with their two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandra Steingraber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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