Background
Grossman, Karl H. was born on February 1, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Herbert and Ruth (Hyman) Grossman.
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The Poison Conspiracy
(From the work of Rachel Carson to the nightmare of Love C...)
From the work of Rachel Carson to the nightmare of Love Canal, many people have become aware that our world is being poisoned and that cancer is spreading, epidemic-likem as a principal result. But what people have not become sufficiently aware of is that virtually nothing is being done to stop the poisoning. Government protection is a sham because the merchandising of poison has become a powerful institution and business. Karl Grossman, an award-winning investigative reporter, demonstrates why this is occurring using document from industry and government, many obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, and with both the testimony of whistle-blowers on the inside and many of the Poison Conspiracy's victims. The Poison conspiracy explains why the chemical horror stories continue to be with us - indeed are increasingly with us - taking their toll in massive illness and death. With solid investigative skills it shows how the government agencies which are supposed to protect us from poisons fail to do so; how these government agencies have been co-opted by those very industires they are supposed to regulate. The Poison Conspiracy documents how our health and our lives are not being guarded. More affirmatively, The Poison Conspiracy details the abundant alternatives to dirtying our nest, spreading toxins, and poisoning the planet. Grossman shows that none of this reckless pollution is necessary other than for the profit and power of those institutions and people involved in it. This hard-hitting expose scrutinizes the politics of poison, names those responsible, and documents the present effects of this folly and those calamities yet to come unless a halt is called. The Poison Conspiracy is a plea for action; a call for the poisoning to stop.
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Karl H. Grossman
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Student, Antioch College, 1959-1961; student, Adelphi Suffolk College, 1961-1964; Bachelor of Science in Social Science, Empire State College, State University of New York, 1976; Master of Arts in Media Studies, New School Social Research, 1981.
Career
Copyboy, Cleveland Press and News, 1960;
reporter, Babylon (New York) Town Leader, 1962-1964;
reporter, columnist, Long Island Press, Jamaica, New York, 1964-1977;
founder, editor, Island Closeup News Service, Sag Harbor, New York, since 1977;
vice president, program director, EnviroVideo, Fort Tilden, New York, since 1991. Freelance writer, since 1970. Professor State University of New York College Old Westbury, since 1978, instr.Am. studies program, 1979-1981, assistant professor, 1981-1986, associate professor, 1986-1992, professor, since 1992.
Contributing editor The Sun, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1976-1978. Program host Long Island World, Station WLIW-television (public service television channel), 1972-1973. Appearances on news and documentary programs WLIW-television,1973-1979.
Program host, reporter, commentator LI CableTV, since 1977. Reporter, commentator WRCN radio, 1979-1987. News anchor, program host WSNL-television, 1979-1984.
Creator, commentator ten-part environmental television series Can Suffolk Be Saved?, 1974-1975. Host Enviro Closeup television, since 1993.
Achievements
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The Poison Conspiracy
(From the work of Rachel Carson to the nightmare of Love C...)
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The Poison Conspiracy
Membership
National director League Against Obnoxious television Commercials, 1961-1963. Council member-at-large Suffolk County council Boy Scouts American, 1972-1977. Board directors Transitional Services New York, 1978-1991.
Member Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society Environmental Journalists, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., United University Professionals, National Eagle Scout Association, Order of Arrow, Society Professional Journalists, Press Club of Long Island (founder, president 1974-1975).
Connections
Married Janet Kopp, May 25, 1961. Children: Kurt, Adam.
