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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/795174453 Title: Chasing molecules : poisonous products, human health, and the promise of green chemistry Author: Elizabeth Grossman Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2012. ISBN/ISSN: 1610911571 9781610911573 9781597263702 1597263702 OCLC:795174453

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Chasing molecules : poisonous products, human health, and the promise of green chemistry

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Chasing molecules : poisonous products, human health, and the promise of green chemistry

Author:	Elizabeth Grossman
Publisher:	Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2012.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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 Read more...
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Subjects	Environmental toxicology -- Popular works. Environmental chemistry -- Popular works -- Industrial applications. Consumer goods -- Popular works -- Toxicology. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular works
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
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ISBN:	1610911571 9781610911573 9781597263702 1597263702
OCLC Number:	795174453
Awards:	Winner of Nautilus Award (Media/Journalism) 2010
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 249 p.)
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Elizabeth Grossman.

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