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A Personal Note FROM THE AUTHOR For 36 years I was a somewhat jaded newspaper reporter and magazine editor who tried never to become emotionally involved in any story that I reported. That all changed during the research and writing of this book because I found myself confronting revelations that literally scared the detachment out of me. It wasn't just learning how chemically toxic we each have become or how, as a result of the body burden of chemicals we all are constantly absorbing, our health is undergoing a rapid and alarming decline that will bankrupt us. It was the jolting discovery that our governments, our food and medicine manufacturers, even medical science itself cannot reliably tell us anymore what is safe. Nor can these institutions protect us from those dangers that have already been identified. The toxins genie is out of the bottle and none of us anywhere on the planet can escape its consequences! We are all guinea pigs in a vast toxic chemical experiment that is altering what it means to be normal, even what it means to be human. Every assurance we have been given about the purity or safety of our foods and medicines and consumer products has been nothing more than wishful thinking or willful deception. Yes, I know these conclusions may sound overly harsh. Your first reaction may be to wonder whether I am exaggerating and spreading fear to sell books. Please believe me when I say that the facts collected in this book speak for themselves. During the fact gathering process, as I oversaw the work of a team of researchers and medical specialists, I even went through my own dark night of denial. I kept asking myself, how can this possibly be true and if it's really true, why has no one spoken up about these corrupting patterns before? What you will find in this book is an ugly truth about the daily dangers that we each face. We cannot rely upon government or industry or science to save us. We are each on our own and we can no longer deceive ourselves about it. But our situation is not entirely hopeless. There are strategies and resources for survival. That too, became a focus of The Hundred Year Lie. None of us have to be victims, but every single one of us must take responsiblity for our health and the health of those we love. Sincerely,
Author Biography Randall Fitzgerald has been a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and book author for 36 years. His first job out of the University of Texas at Austin Journalism School was as an investigative reporter for syndicated columnist Jack Anderson in Washington, D.C. Later he worked as a congressional reporter for Capitol Hill News Service, founded by Ralph Nader. During the Reagan Administration, Fitzgerald co-wrote a Presidential Commission report on reforming the federal government. His campaign to close obsolete military bases across the nation resulted in the U.S. Congress creating a military base realignment commission. He has written investigative feature articles for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and for 20 years was a contributing editor for Reader's Digest. He has authored or co-authored seven previous books including "Mugged By The State," published by Regnery and The Cato Institute. 
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