Known for her book High Tech Trash, an expose of the electronic waste industry, Elizabeth Grossman’s new book, Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry, reveals the dangers and the extent of the chemicals that are found in everyday products such as BPA, perfluorinated compounds, brominated flame retardants and phthalates, and offers up hope for a future without them.
With Chasing Molecules, Grossman reveals that we can do better; that we can make materials that we have come to rely on with chemicals that have been tested to be safe and are in fact “benign by design.” In a radical departure from how synthetic chemistry has been practiced, Grossman suggests that green chemistry should be used to create new materials for use in everything from sippy cups to carpets.
CHE Director Elise Miller moderated this conversation with Grossman
Participants on this call can purchase Grossman's book at a 20% discount by going to www.chasingmolecules.org and entering discount code 5EGCM.