Marc Lappe Marc Lappe is a graduate of Wesleyan University and holds a Ph.D. in experimental pathology from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a founding associate of the Hastings Center, the nation's first bioethics institute. He is the author of fie books, including Chemical Deception and Evolutionary Medicine. Currently, he researches and writes on toxic substances and public policy and directs the nonprofit Center for Ethics and Toxic Substances in Gualala, California, a small town on the Redwood Coast. Read More Read Less