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American biologist and author

Sandra Steingraber (born 1959) is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor.

Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and environmental links to cancer.

Early life

Steingraber was adopted as an infant.

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She 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.^[1] Her parents inculcated in her an interest in sustainable development and organic agriculture from a young age.^[2]

In her 20s, Steingraber developed bladder cancer.^[3] In several of her books, she describes an apparent cancer cluster in her hometown and within her family.^[4]

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,