Chasing Molecules - Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Grossman is the author of High Tech Trash: Digital Devices! Hidden Toxics! and Human Health! Watershed: The Undamming of America! and Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones! The Nation! Salon! The Washington Post! and other publications. She lives in Portland! Oregon. Klappentext Focuses on the hazards of ordinary consumer products. This title shows that for the sake of convenience! efficiency! and short-term safety! we have created synthetic chemicals that fundamentally change! at a molecular level! the way our bodies work and states that consequences range from diabetes to cancer! reproductive and neurological disorders. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the hazards of ordinary consumer products. This title shows that for the sake of convenience! efficiency! and short-term safety! we have created synthetic chemicals that fundamentally change! at a molecular level! the way our bodies work and states that consequences range from diabetes to cancer! reproductive and neurological disorders.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Grossman, Elizabeth Grossman
• Editore: Island Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9781610911610
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-161-0
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Sociologia del lavoro, dell'economia e dell'industria; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; popular science, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, MEDICAL / Toxicology, biochemistry, Medical toxicology, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, Toxicology (non-medical)