Chasing Molecules

Portland-based author Elizabeth Grossman will be speaking at the Good Shepherd Center this coming Monday, March 8th about her book, Chasing Molecules. From her web site:

Grossman is an eloquent scientific muckraker, outing the truth about commonly used hazardous chemicals that are leaching out of everything from plastic bottles to children’s toys and infiltrating the biosphere and our bodies to deleterious effect…Grossman profiles the worst offenders, including bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, but she also portrays the good guys who are coming to the rescue, John Warner and Paul Anastas, founders of the burgeoning green chemistry movement. Green chemistry aims to replace hazardous synthetic chemicals with chemicals that are “benign by design.” Grossman’s clarion expose should give this lifesaving initiative a big boost. – Donna Seaman, Booklist

The event is sponsored by the Washington Toxics Coalition and is limited to 20 people, so sign up in advance in you’re interested.