What's toxic, what's not
By: Gary Ginsberg & Brian Toal
Contributors: Toal, Brian
Edition: Berkley trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780425211946
Subjects: Health risk assessment; Risk assessment; Évaluation; Poisons; Risk Assessment; Évaluation du risque; Consumer education; Risques pour la santé; Ouvrages de vulgarisation; Écotoxicologie; Hazardous Substances; Environmental Exposure; Environmental toxicology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-364) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Section 1 : Major toxics at home and at work -- -- 1.; title: Lead -- -- 2.; title: Radon -- -- 3.; title: Mold -- -- 4.; title: Asbestos --; title: Section 2 : Toxics in what we eat, drink and buy at the store -- -- 5.; title: Food toxics -- -- 6.; title: Water pollutants -- -- 7.; title: Consumer products --; title: Section 3 : Toxics in the air we breathe -- -- 8.; title: Indoor air pollution -- -- 9.; title: Toxics in the workplace -- -- 10.; title: Toxics in school -- -- 11.; title: Outdoor air pollution --; title: Section 4 : Toxics in your yard and neighborhood -- -- 12.; title: Toxics in you ryard and garden -- -- 13.; title: Power lines and EMF -- -- 14.; title: Hazardous waste sites -- -- 15.; title: Pollution from below -- -- 16.; title: Cancer clusters --; title: Section 5 : Tying it all together --; title: Appendix A : Resources --; title: Appendix B : References --; title: Index.