Bill Statham was born in Toowoomba in Queensland and grew up on a dairy farm on the fertile Darling Downs. When he was in his twenties he told friends that one day he would write a book. Twenty years later his pipe dream became a reality when The Chemical Maze – Your Guide to Food Additives and Cosmetic Ingredients was first published. Little he realized all those years ago that it would become a best seller and creates an awareness that would change many people’s lives for the better.
In the ten years leading up to the publication of his first book in 2001, Bill studied and practiced homeopathy, both in Australia and in England. It was during this time that he became increasingly concerned about the detrimental effects on people’s health caused by synthetic chemicals in foods, cosmetics and personal care products. The Chemical Maze was born out of a need to make it simpler and easier for people to recognize chemicals as additives and ingredients that have the potential to be harmful to health.
April 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of The Chemical Maze with over 150,000 copies having been sold worldwide. A 10th Anniversary edition was published to commemorate this milestone.
The Chemical Maze is also published in the U.K. and North America and in eight foreign languages – Polish, Latvian, Russian, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian and Lithuanian.
Bill lives with his wife and business partner Kay Lancashire in the beautiful village of Loch in South Gippsland. He is active in his local community being vice president of the Loch Community Development Association, Chairman of the Loch Business Group and a member of the Lions Club of Strzelecki.
