Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
277 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-256) and index. |
Contents |
Coming clean -- A chemical stew: body burden -- Chemicals we've loved: consumer conveniences -- Kermit's blues: atrazine and frogs -- What price beauty? Phthalates and you -- Up in flames: polybrominated diphenyl ethers -- The goods on bad plastic: Bisphenol A -- Out of the frying pan and onto the paper: perfluorinated chemicals -- Reaching ahead: new policies -- My list and beyond -- It's all about you -- Environmental and public-health groups that get it -- Learn more from government sources. |
Summary |
Almost everything we encounter--from soap to soup cans and computers to clothing--contributes to a chemical load unique to each of us. Scientists studying the phenomenon refer to it as "chemical body burden," and in The Body Toxic, the investigative journalist Nena Baker explores the many factors that have given rise to this condition--from manufacturing breakthroughs to policy decisions to political pressure to the demands of popular culture. While chemical advances have helped raise our standard of living, making our lives easier and safer in many ways, there are costs to these conveniences that chemical companies would rather consumers never knew about. Baker draws back the curtain on this untold impact and assesses where we go from here.--From publisher description. |
Subject |
Toxicology -- Popular works.
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Environmental toxicology -- Popular works.
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ISBN |
9780865477070 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0865477078 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780865477469 sc |
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0865477469 sc |
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