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RECORD NUMBER: 44 OF 554Main Title | Chasing molecules : poisonous products, human health, and the promise of green chemistry / | |||||||||||
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Author | Grossman, Elizabeth, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Island Press/Shearwater Books, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2009 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 406122242 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781597263702 (cloth : alk. paper); 1597263702 (cloth : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Environmental toxicology--Popular works ; Environmental chemistry--Industrial applications--Popular works ; Consumer goods--Toxicology--Popular works ; Hazardous Substances--toxicity ; Green Chemistry Technology ; Manufactured Materials--toxicity | |||||||||||
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Collation | xxviii, 249 p. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index. |
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Contents Notes | There's something in the air -- Swimmers, hoppers, and fliers -- Laboratory curiosities and chemical unknowns -- The polycarbonate problem -- Plasticizers : health risks or fifty years of denial of data? -- The persistent and pernicious -- Out of the frying pan -- Nanotechnology : perils and promise of the infinitesimal -- Material consequences : toward a greening of chemistry -- Epilogue : Redesigning the future -- Appendix : Principles of green chemistry and molecular design pyramid questions. In Chasing Molecules, investigative journalist Elizabeth Grossman opens the door on a new world of chemistry-green chemistry - and the scientists who are unearthing the field's potential to transform manufacturing with unprecedented benefits to the corporate bottom line and our health. She finds that a revolution is brewing, and its rallying call is "benign by design." These scientists are creating new, non-toxic materials that work with natural systems instead of disrupting them. Traveling the world to see this cutting-edge science at work, Grossman gives us a first look at the next "big idea" in industrial technology, along with the passion, excitement, and hope on the front lines of innovation. |