Awards and Honors
- 1997 - Named a Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year.
- 1998 - First annual Altman Award for “the inspiring and poetic use of science to elucidate the causes of cancer,” from the Jenifer Altman Foundation
- 1998 - Will Solimene Award for “excellence in medical communication” from the New England chapter of the American Medical Writers Association.
- 1999 - Sierra Club heralded Steingraber as “the new Rachel Carson.”
- 2001 - Biennial Rachel Carson Leadership Award from Chatham College, Rachel Carson’s alma mater.
- 2006 - Received the Breast Cancer Fund’s "Hero Award" along with Teresa Heinz Kerry. In recognition to honor and publicly thank those who have significantly helped advance our mission to identify and eliminate the environmental—and preventable—causes of breast cancer.
- 2008 - Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) awarded by Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA, in recognition of excellence in research and writing.
- 2010 - Named one of the "25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" by Utne Reader magazine.
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