"New Zealand has been one of the worlds heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can do better. Concern with public health has been recast by the Covid-19 pandemic. Neil Pearces eye-opening account of our countrys ongoing failures in environmental protection shows there is much more work to be done"--Back cover.