Also in Nature & Environment

Exposed

The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power

by Mark Schapiro

Praise

"This valuable, lucidly written, well-documented and blessedly concise examination of how the US has lost its competitive edge in key industries through its protection of corporate rather than citizens' interests could serve as a textbook case of how deregulation has backfired on the very corporations which have spent so much time, energy and money lobbying for it."

—Leslie Thatcher, from the Truthout review

"Americans' confidence in their government-sanctioned environmental and consumer protections receives another blow in investigative reporter Schapiro's expose."

—Publishers Weekly

"[Schapiro's] startling message is that by lagging behind on environmental innovation, American industries are jeopardizing their financial future."

—San Francisco Chronicle

"In this smart and timely new book, Mark Schapiro, editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, examines the widening gap between American and EU chemical and environmental regulation, cogently arguing that although the United States used to be a leader in environmental protection, the power has shifted across the Atlantic."

—ForeWord Magazine

"The book is a wake-up call... just don't read it late at night--it might keep you up."

—Treehugger.com

"A gripping new book..."

—The Economist

"A compelling wake-up call from deep inside the trenches. Europe is overtaking us in environmental health and safety regulations, while Americans are being sold out by their own government. This story desperately needs to be told, and Mark Schapiro is just the one to tell it."

—David Wirth, Professor of Law and Director of International Programs, Boston College Law School

"Listen up, American business, and save yourselves while you still can. Time and again in his career, journalist Mark Schapiro has been years ahead of the pack in unveiling stories that reveal the emerging global future. This time, Schapiro shows that Europe, by taking the environmental high road, is cleaning America's economic clock (not to mention exposing its people to much less pollution). The markets of the future are green. America will lose them if it doesn't get smart, soon."

—Mark Hertsgaard, author of Earth Odyssey and The Eagle’s Shadow

Mark Schapiro's Upcoming Events

• Mark Schapiro at BAEER Fair
  
  Marin Civic Center, San Rafael CA
  January 24, 2009, 1:30 pm
• Mark Schapiro at White Dog Cafe
  
  3420 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
  February 16, 2009, 7:00 pm
• Mark Schapiro at Pennsylvania State University Forum
  
  University Park, PA 16802
  February 19, 2009, 11:30 am
• Mark Schapiro at Explorers Club
  
  46 East 70th Street, New York NY 10021
  February 23, 2009, 6:00 pm