The Pure Cure: a Complete Guide to Freeing Your Life From Dangerous Toxins
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, USA
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9781593764821
Table of contents: title: Foreword: The Pure Cure; title: Introduction; title: CHAPTER 1 Indoor Air Pollution; title: ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR DIOXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); BIOLOGICAL AIR POLLUTANTS; HEAVY METALS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; HUMIDIFIER FEVER; ALLERGIES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; AIR-CLEANING DEVICES; AIR IONIZERS; AIR EXCHANGERS; DUCT CLEANING; VACUUMS; ESSENTIAL OILS; SALT LAMPS; PLANTS; Sources for Chapter 1; title: CHAPTER 2 What to Do About Water; title: WATER CONTAMINANTS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; HEAVY METALS; FLUORIDE; NITRATES AND NITRITES; HARD WATER MINERALS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; MTBE; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; WATER FILTRATION/PURIFICATION METHODS; WHICH TYPE OF FILTRATION FOR YOU?; POOLS AND HOT TUBS; MINERALS; ALKALINE WATER; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER CONTAINERS; PET or PETE; BOTTLED WATER; WATER AND CONSCIOUSNESS; Sources for Chapter 2; title: CHAPTER 3 Electromagnetic Smog; title: OUR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE EARTH; SOURCES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION; ELECTRO-SENSITIVITY; EM PROTECTION DEVICES; DIET FOR REDUCING ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS; IONIZING RADIATION; Sources for Chapter 3; title: CHAPTER 4 What's Wrong With Our Food?; title: ORGANIC--WHAT DOES IT MEAN?; PESTICIDES; GENETIC MODIFICATION; IRRADIATED FOOD; BARCODE FOODS; DEPLETED SOILS; PRODUCE; MEAT AND POULTRY; FISH; EGGS; WHAT ABOUT MILK?; SOY: PROCESSED VERSUS FERMENTED; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; BHA, BHT, and TBHQ; SWEETENERS; SWEET ALTERNATIVES; FOOD FLAVORINGS; FOOD COLORINGS; FOOD ADDITIVES; OILS AND FATS; RAW FOOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD LABELS--WHAT DO THEY MEAN?; Sources for Chapter 4; title: CHAPTER 5 In the Kitchen; title: FOOD CONTAINERS; COOKWARE; COOKING METHODS; FOOD PREPARATION; Sources for Chapter 5; title: CHAPTER 6 Cleaning Agents; title: SURFACTANTS; SOLVENTS; COMMON HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS IN CLEANING PRODUCTS; SAFER CLEANING AGENTS; DISPOSAL OF TOXIC HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS; Sources for Chapter 6; title: CHAPTER 7 Personal Care Products; title: COMMON TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; CHOOSING PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; DENTAL HYGIENE; HAND AND BODY PRODUCTS; EYE CARE; SUN PROTECTION; INSECT REPELLANTS; PERFUME; HAIR CARE; COSMETICS; FEMININE HYGIENE; WRINKLE TREATMENTS; Sources for Chapter 7; title: CHAPTER 8 Baby Products; title: BABY FOOD; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS FOR BABY; DIAPERS; CLOTHING; BABY FURNITURE; TOYS; CAR SEATS; Sources for Chapter 8; title: CHAPTER 9 Clothing and Textiles; title: SYNTHETIC FABRICS; SEMINATURAL FABRICS; NATURAL FABRICS; FABRIC TREATMENTS; UNDERGARMENTS; BEDDING AND DÉCOR; Sources for Chapter 9; title: CHAPTER 10 Home Construction and Remodeling; title: LUMBER; INSULATION; FLOOR COVERINGS; ALTERNATIVES TO CARPET, VINYL, AND HARDWOOD FLOORING; PAINT AND VARNISH; WALL COVERINGS; LIGHTING; FENG SHUI; Sources for Chapter 10; title: CHAPTER 11 How Does Your Garden Grow?; title: PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE ALTERNATIVES; LAWNS; ONLINE GARDENING RESOURCES; Sources for Chapter 11; title: CHAPTER 12 Toxins in Your Teeth; MERCURY AMALGAM FILLINGS.