| Description |
277 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Coming Clean -- 1. A Chemical Stew: Body Burden -- 2. Chemicals We've Loved: Consumer Conveniences -- 3. Kermit's Blues: Atrazine and Frogs -- 4. What Price Beauty? Phthalates and You -- 5. Up in Flames: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers -- 6. The Goods on Bad Plastic: Bisphenol A -- 7. Out of the Frying Pan and onto the Paper: Perfluorinated Chemicals -- 8. Reaching Ahead: New Policies -- Epilogue: My List and Beyond -- Appendix 1. It's All About You -- Appendix 2. Environmental and Public-Health Groups That Get It -- Appendix 3. Learn More from Government Sources |
| Summary |
"We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation, which contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health problems in ways just now being understood. These toxic substances, unknown to our grandparents, accumulate in our fat, bones, blood, and organs as a consequence of womb-to-tomb exposure to industrial compounds as common as the products that contain them. Almost everything we encounter - from soap to soup cans, computers to clothing - contributes to a chemical load unique to each of us. Scientists studying the phenomenon refer to it as "chemical body burden."" |
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"In The Body Toxic, the investigative journalist Nena Baker explores the many factors that have given rise to this situation, including manufacturing breakthroughs, policy decisions, political pressure, and the demands of popular culture. Chemical advances have helped raise our standard of living, making our lives easier and safer in many ways. Yet there are costs to these conveniences that chemical companies would rather consumers never know about, and Baker draws back the curtain on this untold impact, assessing where we go from here."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental toxicology -- Popular works.
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Toxicology -- Popular works.
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Environmental Illness -- etiology.
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Ecotoxicology.
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Poisons.
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Toxicology.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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| LC no. |
2008002838 |
| ISBN |
0865477078 (hbk.) |
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9780865477070 (hbk.) |
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