How Everyday Products Make People Sick, Updated and Expanded : Toxins at Home and in the Workplace /

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 exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blanc, Paul D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2009]
Temas:
Environmental health > History.
Health risk assessment.
Occupational diseases > History.
Product safety.
Toxicology > Popular works.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues.
case histories.
dangers.
different times.
doctor.
documented.
emerging toxins.
engaging.
everyday products.
everyday toxins.
everywhere.
expose.
health dangers.
health hazards.
health risks.
hidden dangers.
home setting.
injury and illness.
innocent products.
modern technologies.
nonfiction.
physicians.
public health risks.
sickness.
thorough account.
toxic exposure.
toxic glue.
toxic products.
toxin histories.
toxins.
workplace setting.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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, How Everyday Products Make People Sick is a rich and meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (424 p.)
ISBN:9780520945319
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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