Slow death by rubber duck
Subtitle: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health
By: Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie with Sarah Dopp.
Contributors: Lourie, Bruce.; Dopp, Sarah.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: A.A. Knopf Canada; Knopf Canada
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780307397126
Subjects: Environmental toxicology -- Popular works; Pollution -- Health aspects; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Industries -- Environmental aspects; Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects; Écotoxicologie -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation; Pollution -- Aspect sanitaire; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement; Industrie -- Aspect de l'environnement; Entreprises -- Aspect de l'environnement; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Politique gouvernementale
Genres: Popular works; Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Description: Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, 'Slow Death by Rubber Duck' reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us. Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes {u2013} now, it{u2019}s personal. The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. Smith and Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us all the time. This book exposes the extent to which we are poisoned every day of our lives. For this book, over the period of a week {u2013} the kind of week that would be familiar to most people {u2013} the authors use their own bodies as the reference point and tell the story of pollution in our modern world, the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people and families across the globe. Parents and concerned citizens will have to read this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references: (p. 276-280) and index.