Some journalists will go to any lengths to get the story, including enduring hazardous situations to bring out the truth. Danish journalist Lone Frank, author of ‘Mindfield’, underwent brain experiments to see where science is going, while Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, authors of ‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck’, exposed themselves to massive doses of the toxins that surround us in daily life. Chair: Sally Warhaft.
Lone Frank (International) Lone Frank is an award-winning journalist, science writer and TV presenter. She holds a PhD in neurobiology and has worked as a research scientist in Denmark and the United States. Apart from a particularly cute corpus callosum she has an expert’s word that her brain is quite unremarkable. ‘Minefield: How Brain Science is Changing’ is her first book. Supported by the Danish Arts Agency. lonefrank.dk
Rick Smith (International) Rick Smith is a prominent Canadian author and environmentalist. As executive director of Environmental Defence Canada he has established a reputation as one of the country's leading environmental campaigners. Recently Rick teamed up with Bruce Lourie, an environmental professional, to tell the story of pollution in our modern world using their own bodies as laboratories. Their results were published in ‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck’, which exposes the extent to which we are being poisoned every day of our lives, both in our homes and our workplaces.
Bruce Lourie (International) Bruce Lourie is one of Canada’s leading environmental thinkers and co-author of the best-selling book ‘Slow Death by Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health’. He is president of Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation in Canada, a director of the Ontario Power Authority and a director of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity. Bruce is a founder of a number of for profit and non-profit organisations. He has advised numerous federal, provincial and municipal bodies in Canada on energy policy and climate issues.
Sally Warhaft (Australian) Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne anthropologist and former editor of ‘The Monthly’ magazine. She is the author of ‘Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia’ and a regular commentator on ABC radio. Sally has a Phd in anthropology and did her fieldwork in Mumbai, India, living by the seashore with the local fishing community. She recently rode a motorbike from New Delhi to Mumbai to visit them.
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