Title: The suffering gene : environmental threats to our health /
Authors: Burdon, R. H.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press ; David Philip ; Zed Books,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Genetic toxicology.; Carcinogens, Environmental toxicity; DNA Damage; Environmental Exposure adverse effects; Mutation genetics; Neoplasms genetics
Abstract: "Professor Roy Burdon has written this book to explain to the lay person what science now knows about how our genes are adversely affected by the modern environment in which we live. The irony is that these environmental adversities are mainly the result of the unintended consequences of the very industrial revolution and modern technologies which have transformed our lives in so many positive ways."--Jacket.
Contents: Early warning signals -- Genes--the targets of hostilities -- Nuclear attack -- A phony war? -- Chemical attack -- Food attack -- Enemies from within -- A first line of defence -- The main defence forces -- What if our defences are overwhelmend? -- Can we survive the seige? -- Could gene damage redirect our evolution? -- Genes to take the strain -- Gene attacks by humans -- DNA and planetary stewardship.