'Toxic Truth' book signing and discussion
|
Reception at 6 p.m. Program at 6:45 p.m. Join Host Joanne Denworth and co-sponsors 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, Clean Air Council, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, PennFuture, and Joseph Fox Bookshop for an evening with Lydia Denworth, author of the new book Toxic Truth: A Scientist, A Doctor, and the Battle over Lead. The event will take place at the Athenaeum, 219 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19106, beginning at 6 PM. There is no charge for this event. Lydia, Joanne's daughter, is an accomplished journalist who has written a wonderful book about an important environmental topic and one of the mothers of all environmental battles. Published by Beacon Press, it tells the story of two feisty, persistent men, who with a small band of loyal allies fought for years to get lead banned from gasoline, paint and packaging. One, the doctor, Herbert Needleman, is a Pennsylvania hero, known to some of us in the environmental world, but an unsung hero to many. |
 |
"Riveting . . . The problem [of lead] has not been totally solved, but it has been shrunken and contained, and Denworth's fascinating historical, biographical, scientific, and political saga shows how we got even this far." Newsweek
Denworth will read from the book and discuss how the fundamental questions raised by the battle over lead--what constitutes disease, how to measure scientific independence, and how to quantify acceptable risk--echo in every environmental issue of today.
Books available for sale and signing.
To read more about Lydia and the book, go to her website www.lydiadenworth.com