{"product_id":"9781761044373","title":"Toxic","description":"Author: Flanagan, Richard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761044373\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Apr 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs Tasmanian salmon one big lie?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a triumph of marketing, the Tasmanian salmon industry has for decades succeeded in presenting itself as world's best practice and its product as healthy and clean, grown in environmentally pristine conditions. What could be more appealing than the idea of Atlantic salmon sustainably harvested in some of the world's purest waters?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what are we eating when we eat Tasmanian salmon? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Flanagan's expose of the salmon farming industry in Tasmania is chilling. In the way that Rachel Carson took on the pesticide industry in her ground-breaking book \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, Flanagan tears open an industry that is as secretive as its practices are destructive and its product disturbing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the burning forests of the Amazon to the petrochemicals you aren't told about to the endangered species being pushed to extinction you don't know about; from synthetically pink-dyed flesh to seal bombs . . . If you care about what you eat, if you care about the environment, this is a book you need to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eToxic \u003c\/i\u003eis set to become a landmark book of the twenty-first century.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198014075038,"sku":"UBD-9781761044373","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761044373.jpg?v=1787745454","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761044373","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}