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...
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Shearwater Books,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.