Mark Schapiro at University of Washington Bookstore December 6, 2007

Journalist and author Mark Schapiro (recently featured on NPR’s "Fresh Air with Terry Gross") will make a highly anticipated visit to Seattle on December 6th, 2007 to promote his new book, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s At Stake for American Power. Schapiro will speak and sign books at the University of Washington Bookstore (4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105) on December 6th at 7:00 pm. Please call 1-800-335-7323 for additional information.

New evidence seems to arrive daily—from stories about tainted pet food to toxic toys—of the dangerous consequences that lax environmental policies are having on the consumer products that we, and our children, use every day, thanks to lobbying efforts by the U.S. chemical industry. Schapiro’s exposé shows how laws adopted by the European Union—where stricter consumer-safety standards are in place—have forced multinationals into manufacturing safer products. It details how, short of strong government action, the United States will lose its claim of economic and environmental supremacy. Increasingly, products developed and sold in the United States are equated with serious health hazards, and many of those products are soon to be banned from Europe and other parts of the world.

About the Author:
Mark Schapiro is editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco. He has written extensively on foreign affairs and his work has appeared in Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and other publications, and he has reported stories for Frontline, NOW with Bill Moyers, and public radio’s Marketplace.

Official Website: http://www.chelseagreen.com/2007/items/exposed