Title: How everyday products make people sick : toxins at home and in the workplace /
Authors: Blanc, Paul David, 1951-
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Risk Assessment; Poisons; Occupational Diseases etiology; Environmental Illness etiology; Toxicology Popular works; Environmental health History.; Occupational diseases History.; Health risk assessment; Product safety
Abstract: This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day--a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. A compelling exposé, written by a physician with extensive experience in public health and illustrated with disturbing case histories, this is a meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies. It presents a picture of how ordinary manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed: glue and rubber cement; chlorine bleach; rayon and other synthetic textiles; welding and other metal fumes; wood preservatives; gasoline additives.--From publisher description.
Contents: The forgotten histories of "modern" hazards -- The shadow of smoke : how to evade regulation -- Good glue, better glue, superglue -- Under a green sea : the rising tide of chlorine -- Going crazy at work : cycles of carbon disulfide poisoning -- Job fever : inhaling dust and fumes -- Emerging toxins.