The consumer's good chemical guide
Subtitle: a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life
By: John Emsley.
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Toxicology -- Popular works.; Medical misconceptions.
Description: The Guide explains in accessible, non-technical language the science behind sugar and artificial sweeteners; cholesterol, animal fats and fibre; painkillers, and the risks associated with taking drugs; plastics and PVC; dioxins and nitrates in the environment; and carbon dioxide and the greenhouse gases. Also included are chapters on two products which are entirely chemical, but commonly not thought of as such: perfume and alcohol.

Here, the reader discovers that not only do fragrance chemicals give a great deal of innocent pleasure, their synthetic versions have been responsible for reducing the large-scale slaughter of some wild animals; and that alcohol can not only improve the quality of life, it may even prolong it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.