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Elizabeth Grossman is a Portland, Oregon-based journalist specializing in environmental and science issues. She is the author of Chasing Molecules, High Tech Trash, Watershed and other books. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Scientific American, Environmental Health Perspectives, Yale e360, High Country News, Washington Post, TheAtlantic.com, Salon, The Nation, and Mother Jones. She is a frequent contributor to Civil Eats, a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system and the James Beard Foundation’s 2014 Publication of the Year.

Recent Articles

The Downside to the FDA's Trans Fat Ban

The new law will make labeling more confusing and make way for more environmentally destructive palm oil

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com August 25, 2015

What a Massive Spinach Recall Teaches Us About Food Safety

Questions remain since the E. coli outbreak in spinach 9 years ago

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com April 7, 2015

Study Links Widely Used Pesticides to Antibiotic Resistance

Glyphosate, 2,4-D, and dicamba found to affect bacteria in ways that could promote resistance to common antibiotics

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com March 24, 2015

The Food Ingredient That Could Be Messing With Your Gut

Scan the fine print on almost any processed food in the grocery store and you’re likely to find emulsifiers: Ingredients such as polysorbate 80, lecithin, carrageenan, polyglycerols, and xanthan and other “gums,” all of which...

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com February 25, 2015

Eating Organic Produce Exposes You to Fewer Pesticides, Study Says

It might seem obvious, but there hasn’t been a great deal of science to prove it—until now

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com February 5, 2015

How Plastics From Your Clothes Can End Up in Your Fish

The key remains in your washing machine

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com January 15, 2015

Meet Nanosilver—The Tiny Pesticides In Your Food Products

The EPA got sued for failing to regulate these particles

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com December 30, 2014

The Surefire Way To Eat Healthier

Why cooking cuts calories

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com November 18, 2014

Plant-Based Diet Is Best for the Planet, New Science Says

Alternative diets could, if widely adopted, reduce global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com November 12, 2014

Why Receipts and Greasy Fingers Shouldn’t Mix

“The chemicals used to make hand sanitizers, soaps, lotions, and sunscreen degrade the skin’s ability to act as a barrier"

By Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com October 22, 2014
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