With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been. · In Evolution in a Toxic World, Monosson seeks to change that. She traces the development of life's defense systems—the mechanisms that transform, excrete, and stow away potentially harmful Author: Emily Monosson. Emily Monosson ’83 Having spent much of her career as an independent toxicologist, she’s transitioned now to writing. Her books include Motherhood, the Elephant in Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out ; Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health ; Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene ; and Evolution in a Toxic World: How Life .
In Evolution In A Toxic World: How Life Responds To Chemical Threats [Island Press; Guardian Bookshop; Amazon UK; Amazon US], environmental toxicologist Emily Monosson outlines three billion. In Evolution in a Toxic World, Monosson seeks to change that. She traces the development of life's defense systems—the mechanisms that transform, excrete, and stow away potentially harmful chemicals—from more than three billion years ago to today. Evolution in a Toxic World: How life responds to chemical threats. Island Press (Spring ). Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory: women scientists speak out. E. Monosson Editor.
Several years ago I wrote Evolution in a Toxic World: how life responds to chemical hazards (Island Press, April ) as a way to provoke toxicologists and others to think about how life's toxic. With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now we literally can't live without it.
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