#  Evolution in a Toxic World: How Life Responds to Chemical Threats (2012) 

 



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 **August 16, 2012** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

 



 

#### Lecture and book signing with Emily Monosson

Toxic chemicals: They have shaped our bodies, our world, and all life around us. Today, species are rapidly evolving in response to toxins like PCBs, dioxins and pesticides. Emily Monosson, adjunct professor at UMass Amherst and author of the new book, Evolution in a Toxic World (Island Press), discussed how life on Earth survives in the face of increased amounts of both age-old and new synthetic chemicals in our environment.



 

 



 

 

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