David Ewing Duncan

DAVID EWING DUNCAN: EXPERIMENTAL MAN 2pm In Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals About His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World, David Ewing Duncan, bestselling author of seven books, combines two decades of in-depth reporting on science and classic “guinea pig” journalism. Duncan ... (more)is chief correspondent of NPR Talk’s “Biotech Nation” and UC Berkeley’s Director of the Center for Life Science Policy. He builds on award-winning articles he wrote for National Geographic and Wired magazines, in which he was tested for hundreds of chemical toxins -- from pesticides to plastic additives -- and for millions of genetic markers associated with disease, emotions, and other traits. Expanding on these tests, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, assessing the science and the usefulness of these mostly early-stage tests. He also makes a case for how medicine can (and should) integrate these tests and disciplines into a more whole-body approach.

On Thursday May 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM, David Ewing Duncan will talk about his new book, "Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals About His Future, Your Health, and Our World." Mr. Duncan is the author of seven books and numerous essays, articles, and short stories.