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Portions of this book were previously published in Assembly, Eldr, and Harper’s magazines, and in the collection Sierra Songs and Descants. E. coli DNA images used by permission of the California Department of Public Health.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Johnson, Nathanael.

All natural: a skeptic's quest to discover if the natural approach to diet, childbirth, healing, and the environment really keeps us healthier and happier/Nathanael Johnson.

    p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60529-074-4 hardcover

ISBN 978-1-60961-548-2 ebook

1. Organic living. 2. Environmental health. 3. Human ecology. I. Title.

GF77.J64 2012

640—dc23                                                                                         2012029538

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