Read moreīreasts is a solid, well-researched non-fiction book focused on one (or two) organ(s). There' s more in the jiggly bits that you can shake a stick at.err. Suave git.Even if you haven' t got any breasts of your own, oh we all do! you will find lots here to re-assure, inflame, lull or shake you. Remember Desmond Morris? well he was one major espouser of that line. Universally accepted by men I should say. But when new drugs are introduced they have to be shown to cause no harm to every other maor organ except the breast.The bit that got me the most was to hear that until *very* recent times it was generally universally accepted that the breast evolved to please men. Some little earth shattering moments, for example, to hear that the breast is the only organ in the human body that isn' t formed up by the time we are born. There is nothing here to brighten your day but lots to make you think about improving the days you have left.A seriously good piece of work that bears thorough reading. The horror starts there.A lengthy report on all the toxins we know about and heaps that we don' t, at least until now. Read moreīreasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams This book starts with a list of some of the words that are used to describe breasts.Ī good way to start a book? Well, it got my attention!A narrative from a woman who for various reasons gets her breast milk analyzed to see what' s in it.

The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon's office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. What makes breasts so mercurial-and so vulnerable? Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. But in the modern world, the breast is changing.

Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece.

Breasts by Florence Williams