When science writer Florence Williams was breastfeeding, she decided to have her milk tested for environmental contaminants. Her results were average for American women and included chemicals found in flame-retardants and jet-fuel. It's not, she says, what her daughter had in mind for dinner. It set her off on a journey to study the history of breasts: how they evolved and what modern life is doing to them. Wednesday, we're talking to Williams about what she calls her natural and unnatural history of breasts. (Rebroadcast)
Guest:
Florence Williams is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for New York Times, Mother Jones, High Country News and numerous other publications. Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History is her first book.