Ze Book Description!
"Most of us turn a blind eye to the startling array of chemicals lurking in everything from shampoo to baby bottles to the money in our wallets, choosing to believe that government agencies ensure the safety of the products we wear, use, ingest, and breathe in daily. Yet the standards for product safety in North America lag far behind those of other countries. We frequently hear that a substance we've relied on for years turns out to have serious effects on our health, the environment, or both.
After coming to terms with the fact that the autism and cancer which had impacted her family were most likely the result of environmental toxins, author Deanna Duke undertook a mission to dramatically reduce her family's chemical exposure. She committed to drastically reducing the levels of all known chemicals in both her home and work environments, using the help of body burden testing to see what effect, if any, she was able to have on the level of toxins in her body.
Follow Deanna's journey as she uncovers how insidious and invasive environmental toxins are. Learn about your day-to-day chemical exposure, the implications for your health, and what you can do about it. And find out whether the author's quest is mission impossible, or whether she is ultimately able to improve her family's health by taking steps towards leading a chemical-free life."
Ze Rules!
If you are interested in entering the random drawing for my book, please add your name to the comments of this post. You get bonus points for liking the Crunchy Chicken on Facebook. Just let me know if you're a fan of the page in your comments.
You have until midnight PST next Tuesday, November 8th, to enter. And, now for the legal mumbo jumbo: This giveaway is open to U.S. residents, 18+ only. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winner will be selected Wednesday, November 9th and will have 7 days to respond.
Ze Book Excerpts!
And, just to whet your whistle, here are some excerpts from the book/blogs that I've posted over the past year:
- The not so zen yoga mat
- Non-Toxic Cleaning: Miele Neptune Canister Vacuum Cleaner review
- Fighting the mold monsters
- Keeping your drugs out of my mug
- Toxins in your tattoos
- BPA-free canned tomatoes
- I've got a mole in my hole
- Annoying the hell out of people
- You can't sweat when you're freezing
- Environmental toxin testing pow-wow
Good luck!!
Pick ME!!!! :) Of course, I follow you on FB...that's how I found out about this give-away!!! YAY!
ReplyDeleteShould I be afraid to read this? Is this one of those issues where you're just better off as an ostrich??? Ignorance is bliss? Probably not, please add me to the list.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pending release!
Me! Please pick me!! I also follow you on facebook. Mary Larsen
ReplyDeleteAdd me!! So excited about your book! Much congrats on the pending release. :) I also like Crunchy Chicken on FB, Susan Isla.
ReplyDeleteSign me up! I like you on Facebook of course, and even more importantly, I love you in real life! Good luck with book sales! Can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeletePick me please! We are freezing our buns and I need a book :)
ReplyDeleteI want ze book and I also follow you on ze facebook.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to read your book, so of course would love to get it for free.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan on facebook
ReplyDeleteI would love to enter! my email is mybeadifullife@gmail.com. I do not have a facebook.
ReplyDeleteYes please! FB fan to boot!
ReplyDeletePick me! I'm a FB fan too!
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ReplyDeletePick me! I follow you on FB as well.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days I'm going to win. Also follow you on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteLike you on facebook. Love you here! Please pick me!
ReplyDeleteOf all of your giveaways, this is the one that I really want to win.
ReplyDeleteI really like your info and I hope I win the book. I also follow you on Fb.
ReplyDeleteAs a Canadian, I have a question: why only US residents? You aren't a corporation that has to abide by certain laws, and the postage isn't that much higher. Since I will be able to buy your book here when it comes out, as will those in other countries, why limit the give-away?
ReplyDeleteI've noticed this on your last few give-aways, but it seems those on other blogs are not limited.
Just call me a curious Canadian.
sounds like a book I need to read. like you on Facebook!
ReplyDeleteThank You for doing a giveaway of your new book! I would love to win a copy of it, I read every post you make to your blog and enjoy your writting style so I know I will enjoy you book also. I do follow you on facebook and twitter - Can't get too much Crunchy Chicken!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a copy of your book...I've been wondering when it would be available! I will go find you on FB right now...been meaning to do that, honestly!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome book!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win! I like you on Facebook as well :).
ReplyDeleteHere I am! Would love to read your new book...and I love chickens and want a few of my own to add to suburbia life...and yes I am a big fan on face book.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
You know I am on your facebook page lol, I am far from quiet. And I would love a copy of your book. It would help to have someone else's views on the topic of toxins.
ReplyDeletePlease put my name in the hat! I'd love to have my own copy of your book. Congrats on having the finished product in your hands!
ReplyDeleteLike many others I found this giveaway on FB first so you know I like you there. I also like that you've published this book (and that a second is in the works) AND I congratulate you for all!! Crunchy FTW!
ReplyDeleteWould so love to win this! Also follow you on FB. Fun times!
ReplyDeleteMe! Me! Pick me! Congrats on the book Deanna. Can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteI would love a copy of the book. Already pre-ordered but will give one away as a gift if I win!
ReplyDeleteBrittany Levinson, and I am a fan on facebook
you bet I'm a fb fan!!
ReplyDeleteWith a grandchild born 3 mos. premature and seemingly overcoming every medical obstacle that can be thrown at him, I would love to read your book. Especially interested in any Autism links.
ReplyDeletePlease enter me into the drawing.
Bernie Paquette
FYi, My blog of short stories: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2011/10/at-drop-of-spoon.html
I would like to be in zee drawing, please. I am also zee Facebook fan. :)
ReplyDeleteOooooo! I'd love to add your book to my shelf (will do so anyways even if I don't win). Already a fan on FB.
ReplyDeleteWould love to win a copy!
ReplyDeleteI also follow you on Facebook.
Good luck with the book!
I would love to win a copy, and I already follow you on FB!
ReplyDeleteI'm interested! I do follow you on FB. :)
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine the excitement of holding your own book. How amazing would that be???
ReplyDeleteI would love to win. I am a FB fan too, have been for a while.
Brenda Kidman
I would love a copy of your book! (and I'm a FB fan).
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
Sounds like a great book! I would love to own a signed copy ;)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win!
ReplyDeleteOh oh! Me, me! I want a book!
ReplyDeleteJust recently, my boyfriend and I decided that we were going to only eat food that we could make from scratch ourselves. It has been a challenge, (lots of bread and butter, haha) but also a great way for us to spend time together. I have never felt better. Looking for homemade cheese recipes I found you! And can't wait to read more. I will buy your book anyways, but a free copy would be icing :).
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend and I just recently decided that we would only eat what we could make ourselves from scratch. (Needless to say, it's been a lot of bread and butter, haha) But, I have never felt better and it has ended up being a great way to spend time together. While looking for homemade cheese recipes, I found you! I'll buy a book anyway, but a signed giveaway would be icing :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to to have a copy. And I've already shown my Crunchy Chicken love on the FB.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a signed copy of your book! I'm a FB fan, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm very interested. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read it. I wanted to add it to my library request list but saw it's not in the Brooklyn public library system yet.
ReplyDeleteSign me up, also! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love this one! Too bad I'm not on Facebook :(
ReplyDeleteJudy
I'm, and an fan.
ReplyDeleteI'd love this book. And, yes, I am a fan on facebook!
ReplyDeleteMe! I am a whore for a signed book... I also follow you on FB
ReplyDeleteWould love to win a copy!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your book! You must feel great now that it is ready to hit the shelves. I am looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeletep.s. I follow you on FB too!
I would love a copy! and yes, I'm a fan on FB! :)
ReplyDeleteJamie Darragh and I am a FB fan and enjoy reading your posts so I'm definitely looking forward to reading your book!
ReplyDeletemay the most random choice win! and/or me!
ReplyDeleteI have been following for years!! pick me!
ReplyDeletePick me! I've been following you for a long time, both here and on Facebook!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your book! I'd love to win one!!! And, of course, I'm a fb follower :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, please, I would like a copy!
ReplyDeleteWould love to win & yep I liked you on FB :-)
ReplyDeleteI like you on FB
ReplyDeleteI'd love a copy! I have 4 grandchildren, all with disabilities (three autistic and one congenital illness) and I'm all about getting the toxics out of our lives!
ReplyDelete(and yes, I like you on Facebook! You betcha!)
:)
I like both you and your personal pages on FB. I would LOVE one of your signed books, I feel what you write about should be a must read for everyone!
ReplyDeleteWould LOVE a signed copy of your book! And I (Dawn E Scire) follow you on FB. :)
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Coolness! I'd love to win!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I also like Crunchy Chicken on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading your book! Hope I win it!
ReplyDeleteWould love a copy!
ReplyDeletePS- liked on FB!
ReplyDeletePlease consider me, I am very excited about this book! And of course I've already liked you on FB.
ReplyDeleteYes please!
ReplyDeleteYes please! I'm excited to check it out!
ReplyDeleteHeck yeah I want your book.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I just started eating organically this year. So although we try to not put toxic substances in our bodies, I would love to know alternatives to putting them ON our bodies. Congrats on the pending release of your book.
ReplyDeleteAlso...I just became a fan on your FB page. :o) I'm on there as Karla Holm Baker.
Congrats on your book! Would love to win it!! Jennifer Cook
ReplyDeleteWould really love to read your book! I follow you on facebook.
ReplyDeleteWould really love to read your book. i follow you on facebook.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I see that someone else has expressed the same fear I have....that perhaps I shouldn't read it as it will start me on some new campaign for detoxing our house. I will not be an ostrich....give me knowledge.
ReplyDeleteToo bad its US only :(
ReplyDeleteYeah! What I really want to do is give this book to friends after I read it. I have some friends who I love dearly but they are willfully clueless in these matters. So count me in- and I'm a fan on FB too!
ReplyDeleteI went to like you on FB and found the super sweet periodic table of storing produce. VERY COOL!
ReplyDeleteI would love to read this. I am so curious how you managed it with children...always challenging. I also liked you on facebook. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'll throw my name in too. If I win this one, I will donate the one I pre-ordered to someone who would use it. You know I follow you on FB too!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to have a copy of your new book. I wandered over here from a link to your 'easy cheeses to make' post from Ree (pioneer woman). For the last couple of years, I have been on a journey towards understanding and ridding our lives of as much toxin as I can. Golly, it's hard. I really knew I loved you when I read your post about how hard it was to get rid of your 'beauty' horde. SO me. So please send me a book! xo
ReplyDeleteAlso, I will be liking you on FB.
ReplyDeleteMe! Me! Me! (Dancing around like I have to use the facilities.) Me!
ReplyDeleteI so NEED this book! *keeping fingers crossed that I win a copy*
ReplyDeleteI so NEED this book! *please, please, please let me win a copy*
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness.....it said my first attempt to enter had an "error" when i signed in on my google id jj. so i tried again as "anonymous" which zipped through. then BOTH attempts posted. hope this doesn't disqualify me. sorry for the double entry. *darn google error!*
ReplyDeleteI like you on facebook, I really like you! If you don't pick me, I'll buy the book anyway, but PICK ME! LOL!
ReplyDeleteA perfect book!! Thank you for giving us a shot at it before it comes out. =)
ReplyDeletethank you for allowing us a chance for a signed copy before the official release. This looks like a must have!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading it! I also follow on facebook.
ReplyDeleteAs a ridiculously poor graduate student, I'd love to WIN a copy! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteAlso... I'm already a fan on FB!
ReplyDeleteI would love a copy
ReplyDeleteI am also a fan on FB
ReplyDeleteJust found your site via Pinterest! Looks like a great book...just "liked" your site on FB, too! Anne Magee
ReplyDeleteOh, Crunchy Chicken, I am anxiously awaiting reading your book! I was so excited when you announced you were writing it!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Hope I win! We are trying to be parents and slowly changing lifestyle one junk filled product at a time, this would be a wonderful resource. Love your blog.
ReplyDeletepick me! pick me! pick me! i've literally done everything i know to do over the past many years to reduce toxins in our lives and need to find out what i've missed and what difference i can still make. please, please, plese, pick me!
ReplyDeleteOh, I would LOVE to read your book!!
ReplyDeletePlease me! I love your blog= book will be amazing!
ReplyDeletecongratulations!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog and FB posts! AND... I teach environmental policy at WWU and would love to use your book in my class!
ReplyDeleteI am a mom of 6, struggling to find all the "answers" I'd love to win your book...it would make my life easier!
ReplyDeleteSara
Oh yeah, of course I want this! Also a follower on Facebook.
ReplyDeletethe book looks great, I love your posts on FB, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI don't have facebook, but would love to be included in your drawing. :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win a copy!
ReplyDeletenicole@simpleorganic.net
I'd love to read this book! I liked you on fb :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a copy of this book! I liked you on fb :)
ReplyDeleteI would love a free copy of the book I'm planning on buying! Who wouldn't??? I follow you on FB. Darcie Patricia Olson
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book! Thank you for your generosity! =)
ReplyDeleteI 'liked' you on Facebook! =)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in the drawing.
ReplyDeletecount me in.
ReplyDeletecount me in!
ReplyDeleteI am in the process of reducing chemicals and leading a more natural/ healthier lifestyle... this book would be a great help!
ReplyDeletesarahepardee at gmail com
I am a fan of Crunchy Chicken on Fb (as pão e queijo blog).
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Sounds like a compelling read!
ReplyDeleteOn a similar journey for myself and my family. Would love to hear your story!
ReplyDeleteam now a FB fan. Would love to get your book!
ReplyDeleteWow - this books covers so many things I've wondered about. Fan on Facebook...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the book! I'd love to win a copy...
ReplyDeleteI would love to receive this book. I follow you on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI'd love a chance to read your book! Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read your book! And you know I'm a FB fan too. ;)
ReplyDeleteBeen a follower of your blog for years now and would love to read your book! I'm also a fan on FB
ReplyDeleteHi! I'd love to win! I just followed your blog & "liked" you on FB (S.l. Stivers-Menz).
ReplyDeleteAlthough I haven't followed your blog for years, we click. I googled (literally) "is autism the mother's fault?" and BAM! one of your posts came up.
Thanks.
I would love to be added to your contest. I just found your blog through Grow & Resist on Facebook, great site you have!
ReplyDeleteDora Renee Wilkerson
I want to read your book! Congrats on having a book published!
ReplyDeleteI need this book. My daughter was very recently diagnosed with benign focal epilepsy and I have made it my mission to green my daughter's world as best as humanly possible. ldavis345 @ gmail.com / bohohippiemom
ReplyDeleteAh, I also follow you on facebook. ldavis345 @ gmail.com
ReplyDeletepick me please!
ReplyDeletecan't wait to read it. pick me! pick me!
ReplyDeleteAnd I just "liked" you on FB!
ReplyDeleteAdd me too! Great article, and if I don't win your book give away I'm definitely buying it. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win your book Crunchy!
ReplyDeletepick me! pick me! and of course i follow you on FB
ReplyDeleteI'm interested!
ReplyDeleteI'm a FB follower. Enter me, pls. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a FB follower and I comment on your posts several times a week -- I'm totally engaged with what you're doing!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win your book! I follow you on FB, too, of course... :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like a chance to win! And I too follow you on Facebook.
ReplyDelete-- Michael Hardy
Sounds like a great book for my Amazon Wishlist! And am a fan on Facebook. Thanks for the opportunity - hope you get a lot of love here from LA~
ReplyDeletekara bartelt
Pick me! I've only recently discovered your blog but I'm really interested in reading your new book!
ReplyDeleteAngela Krattiger
I would love to be added to the drawing! I have followed you on FB for a while. :-)
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