A passionate and encompassing personal assessment of our origins and dependency on the natural world. Rolf Halden offers a dire warning grounded in his career in environmental pollution control: The world's most advanced economies can and should enact more effective policies to protect human health from the hazards of industrial chemistry. Leland H. Hartwell, Nobel Laureate, Director of the Biodesign Pathfinder Center, Arizona State University, USA
Preface1. Environmental Beginnings2. The Stuff We Are Made Of3. Life in a Bubble4. Turning Petroleum into People5. Running Out of Ink for Human Blueprints6. Tracing Rachel Carson's Path7. Regrettable Substitutions8. From Tobacco to Teflon Babies9. Yesterday's Fuel Becomes Today's Forgetfulness10. The High Price of Meat11. Plastic Hangover12. Shrapnel in Human Eyes and Bodies13. Diagnosing Humanity14. One with the EnvironmentEpilogueAcknowledgementsNotesIndex
Rolf Halden, PhD, PE, is Director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Biodesign Institute, Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, and Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, USA. Professor Halden's scientific discoveries and opinions have been covered in documentaries, radio shows, podcasts, and media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Scientific American, and Forbes. He serves on the Expert Team of the American Chemical Society and has been invited repeatedly to brief decision-makers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Academies, and members of U.S. Congress on issues pertaining to environmental health and sustainability.
