The poison paradox
Subtitle: chemicals as friends and foes
By: John Timbrell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780199548163
Subjects: Physiological effect; Toxicology; Poisons
Description: Publisher description: THE POISON PARADOX explores the dark side of chemistry-and provides a lively and rewarding introduction to the science of toxicology. Explaining what makes a chemical in some cases poisonous and able to harm us yet also sometimes able to heal us, toxicologist John Timbrell shows that poisons are part of the natural world: by understanding the science of the poisons that we might encounter by a accident or design, we can assess what the real risks are and learn to live with them safely.
Notes: Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Poisons: old art, new science; title: Bodily functions: what chemicals do to us and what we do to them; title: Keep taking the medicine: there are no safe drugs, only safe ways of using them; title: Blood, sweat, and tears: pesticides; title: First the cats died: environmental contaminants; title: Natural born killers: poisonous chemical designed by nature; title: The mad hatter and a bad case of acne: industrial chemical; title: Under the sink and in the garden shed: household poisons; title: Rasputin's revenge: chemicals used to kill; title: Ginger Jake and spanish oil: toxic food constituents and contaminants; title: Butter yellow and Scheele's green: food additives; title: A risky business: assessment of chemical hazards and risks.