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Author Baker, Nena, 1959-

Title The body toxic : how the hazardous chemistry of everyday things threatens our health and well-being / Nena Baker.

Publication Info. New York : North Point Press, 2009.
2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  615.9 BAK    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  615.9 B168B    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  615.9 BAKER    Check Shelf
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.
Environmental toxicology -- Popular works.
ISBN 9780865477070 hardcover alkaline paper
0865477078 hardcover alkaline paper
9780865477469 sc
0865477469 sc
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