Books by Marc Lappe and Complete Book Reviews

Mark Lappe, Author, Marc Lappe, Author, D. Moses, Editor Random House (NY) $27 (360p) ISBN 978-0-87156-603-4
Lappe, professor of Health Policy and Ethics at the University of Illinois, here examines the public health crisis brought on by the proliferation of chemicals in the workplace, in agriculture and in medicine. Challenging a number of toxicological...
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Marc Lappe, Author Sierra Club Books for Children $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87156-511-2
Lappe, professor of Health Policy and Ethics at the University of Illinois, examines the public health crisis brought on by the proliferation of chemicals in the workplace, in agriculture and in medicine. (Sept.)
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Marc Lappe, Author Random House (NY) $14 (255p) ISBN 978-0-87156-382-8
Lappe argues that viruses are capable of rapid evolution, which allows them to overcome antibiotics, and that humanity's disruption of ecosystems threatens to unleash new viruses. (Sept.)
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Marc Lappe, Author Random House (NY) $30 (255p) ISBN 978-0-87156-519-8
Here Lappe (Genetic Politics), director of the Center for Ethics and Toxic Substances in Gualala, Calif., offers a fascinating and frightening exploration into the linked worlds of evolution and medicine. According to him, long-term success over...
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Marc Lappe, Author Henry Holt & Company $22.5 (242p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4208-5
Unlike ancient cultures that prized the wrinkled faces of the elderly, we worship supermodels' smooth, expressionless skin and spend billions on cosmetics to achieve a youthful look. The human skin-its anatomy, physiology, diseases, racial...
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Marc Lappe, Author, Marc Lapp, Author Da Capo Press $27.95 (317p) ISBN 978-0-306-45626-8
Too much of a good thing can be dangerous--especially in the immune system, contends Lappe (The Body's Edge), director of California's Center for Ethics and Toxics. Though new evidence shows that immune cells respond in varied ways to different...
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