Perils of progress
Subtitle: the health and environment hazards of modern technology and what you can do about them
By: John Ashton & Ron Laura.
Contributors: Laura, R. S.
Publisher: Zed Books; Fernwood Pub.; UCT Press; Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Cape Town; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Environmental health.; Technology -- Risk assessment.; Health risk assessment.; Technology -- Health aspects.; Technology -- Environmental aspects.; Hazardous substances -- Health aspects.; Hazardous substances -- Environmental aspects.; Environmental Health -- Popular Works.; Environmental Pollution -- Popular Works.; Food Contamination -- Popular Works.; Radiation, Nonionizing -- Popular Works.; Technology -- Health aspects.; Technology -- Environmental aspects.; Hazardous substances -- Health aspects.; Hazardous substances -- Environmental aspects.
Genres: Popular Works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt.1. Technology and the quest for Utopia. The paradox of progress: is the price we pay for technology too high?  pt.2. Electrical technology. The new electrical environment: the shocking truth; title: Mobile phones and UHF TV microwaves: how to minimise the risks; title: Microwave ovens and your health: you have to know the problems to overcome them; title: Computer VDUs and television: watching for the health hazards; title: Electricity in the home: should you be plugged in?  pt.3. Food technology. Food processing: to eat or not to eat? that is the question; title: Aluminium in food: is it factor in Alzheimer's disease?; title: Food irridation: towards health or hazard in the 21st century; title: Cadmium: the newest toxic link in the food chain; title: Pesticides: what you need to know to keep your family safe.  pt.4. Water technology. Water chlorination and your health: a second opinion; title: The floridation debate: can fluriode be damaging to your health?  pt.5. Environmental technology. Airconditioning: finding healthier ways to 'stay cool'; title: Artifical light: shedding some light on a dark problem; title: The sounds of technology: listening for clues to stay healthy.  pt.6. Surviving technology. Finding the way back to good health.