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

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 find...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2009]
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 in00002577458
005 20151201120021.0
008 090716s2009 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2009028279 
020 |a 9781597263702 (cloth : alk. paper) 
020 |a 1597263702 (cloth : alk. paper) 
029 1 |a BWX  |b R4804312 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000044514247 
029 1 |a NZ1  |b 13081894 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000044874509 
029 1 |a NLGGC  |b 322532736 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn406122242 
035 |a (OCoLC)406122242 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d C#P  |d BWX  |d MOF  |d VP@  |d SADPL  |d UtOrBLW 
049 |a TXAM 
050 0 0 |a RA1226  |b .G76 2009 
082 0 0 |a 615.9/02  |2 22 
100 1 |a Grossman, Elizabeth,  |d 1957- 
245 1 0 |a Chasing molecules :  |b poisonous products, human health, and the promise of green chemistry /  |c Elizabeth Grossman. 
264 1 |a Washington, DC :  |b Island Press/Shearwater Books,  |c [2009] 
264 4 |c ©2009 
300 |a xxviii, 249 pages ;  |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index. 
505 0 |a Ch. 1. There's Something in the Air -- Ch. 2. Swimmers, Hoppers, and Fliers -- Ch. 3. Laboratory Curiosities and Chemical Unknowns -- Ch. 4. The Polycarbonate Problem -- Ch. 5. Plasticizers: Health Risks or Fifty Years of Denial of Data? -- Ch. 6. The Persistent and Pernicious -- Ch. 7. Out of the Frying Pan -- Ch. 8. Nanotechnology: Perils and Promise of the Infinitesimal -- Ch. 9. Material Consequences: Toward a Greening of Chemistry -- Epilogue: Redesigning the Future -- Appendix. Principles of Green Chemistry and Molecular Design Pyramid Questions. 
520 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Environmental toxicology  |v Popular works. 
650 0 |a Green chemistry  |v Popular works. 
650 0 |a Consumer goods  |x Toxicology  |v Popular works. 
938 |a Baker and Taylor  |b BTCP  |n BK0008434655 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 3056769 
938 |a Blackwell Book Service  |b BBUS  |n R4804312  |c $26.95 
945 |a PromptCat  |b 957470 
946 |a stk 
947 |a A14840273975 
994 |a 92  |b TXA 
948 |a Cataloged  |b h  |c 2010/4/21  |d c  |e ibarton 
999 |a MARS 
999 f f |s 55de79e7-c80d-35ca-9c87-1d5901cd05ab  |i 80f3dd43-838b-301a-b740-12d146cf058b  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |d Evans: Library Stacks  |t 0  |e RA1226 .G76 2009  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14840273975 
998 f f |a RA1226 .G76 2009  |t 0  |l Evans: Library Stacks