Jeffrey Burke. Executive
Director of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, the
largest organization in the U.S. devoted to efforts to avoid,
eliminate, or reduce pollution. He has given talks to industry,
nonprofits, and governmental agencies throughout the U.S. as well
as in Poland, China, South Africa, and Thailand…
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Arlene Blum. Her research was instrumental in banning Tris and Fyrol, two cancer-causing chemicals that were used as flame-retardants on children's sleepwear, as well as in banning the pesticide DBCP. She holds a doctorate in biophysical chemistry, and has taught at Stanford University, Wellesley College, and U. C. Berkeley… More >> |
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Jack Giampalmi.
Former Director, Environmental Operations for Dow Chemical. In
that role, he was responsible for the creation and implementation
of a global environmental waste minimization business.
For The Conference Board, he was Director of the Townley Global
Management Center for Environmental Health and Safety…
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Elizabeth Grossman. She is the author of High
Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health , and of Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry . High Tech Trash was the first comprehensive, global investigation of e-waste and one of Booklist’s best books of 2006… More >> |
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Richard MacLean. An EHS expert in the corporate world who has held environmental, health and safety positions in four Fortune 500 companies, he was Manager of Environmental Protection for GE worldwide. He now runs an EHS consulting firm and directs the Center for Environmental Innovation, a university-based EHS research effort… More >> |
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Ted Smith. As founder
and Executive Director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition,
he has been a pathbreaker for toxics reduction and pollution prevention
in the electronics industry. No other organization has done more
to call attention to and improve the environmental health and
safety practices of the electronics industry…
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Linda Mason Hunter. She has authored several books on green homes, including The
Healthy Home: An Attic-To-Basement Guide To Toxin-Free Living . Articles on her work have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Newsweek, and she has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, CNN's Daybreak, and MSNBC… More >> |
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Rob Verchick. The
Gauthier-St. Martin Endowed Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola
University New Orleans School of Law, he is expert on toxics law
as well as on environmental justice (race, poverty, gender, civil
rights and the environment). Topics include environmental justice
and toxics in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina… More
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Michael Castleman.
The author of ten health books, his environmental health writing
has appeared in Sierra, Mother Jones, and Men's Health.
He speaks about the environmental causes of particular cancers,
pollution contamination of breast milk, how endocrine disrupters
threaten reproductive health, and the contaminant risks to children…
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Annie Bond. She has authored five books on healthy and toxin-free homes and lifestyles, including Clean
& Green and Home
Enlightenment: Practical, Earth-Friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing,
Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home and Lifestyle . She founded and edited Green Alternatives for Health and the Environment… More >> |
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Ed Lowans. A past
president of the Allergy and Environmental Health Association
of Canada, he has published numerous magazine and professional
journal articles and delivered more than forty seminars on indoor
air quality, environmental health, and reducing exposure to toxic
materials in home, education and health care environments…
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Tom Rymsza. As founder
and chairman of KP Products, he is a pioneer in the development
of environmentally superior paper. His company manufactures paper
from the kenaf plant. No trees, pesticides, or chlorine compounds
are used. He is expert in eco-industrial development, nonwood
fibers, and clean paper manufacturing… More
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Deirdre Dolan. Co-author of The
Complete Organic Pregnancy , she is an expert on minimizing exposure to toxins during pregnancy. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, US Weekly, Premiere, Rolling Stone and Allure. She has also written a screenplay for VH-1 and been a segment producer for Jimmy Kimmel Live… More >> |
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Tom Barron. As a consultant
for both government and business, he has worked with or evaluated
nearly 300 facilities. He specializes in pollution prevention
and environmental operations, and he has written a dozen pollution
prevention guides as well as produced a videotape for metal finishers
covering best practices and technical options… More
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Joel Robertson.
He produced the first joint chemical industry and railway safety
conference, and he has spoken to hundreds of audiences on railroad
and hazardous materials safety issues. He has spoken in China
and been an expert interviewee on ABC World News Tonight. He speaks
on the safe rail transport of toxic and hazardous materials…
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