How everyday products make people sick
Subtitle: toxins at home and in the workplace
By: Paul D. Blanc.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780520248816; 9780520248823
Subjects: Toxicology -- Popular works; Environmental health -- History; Occupational diseases -- History; Health risk assessment; Product safety; Hazardous Substances -- Popular Works; Toxicology -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular works.; Popular Works.
Description: This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day--a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. A compelling exposé, written by a physician with extensive experience in public health and illustrated with disturbing case histories, this is a meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies. It presents a picture of how ordinary manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed: glue and rubber cement; chlorine bleach; rayon and other synthetic textiles; welding and other metal fumes; wood preservatives; gasoline additives.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-346) and index.