Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy /

"Pandora's Poison presents a solution to one of the most insidious environmental problems of our time: the global build up to toxic chemicals. In a through and accessible analysis, biologist Joe Thornton shows how global organochlorine pollution is already contributing to infertility, immu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thornton, Joe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.
Temas:
Organochlorine compounds > Toxicology.
Organochlorine compounds > Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.
Organic compounds.
Poisons.
Chlorine > toxicity
Organic Chemicals
Environmental Pollution > prevention & control
Insecticides, Organochlorine
Poisons
Composés organochlorés > Toxicologie.
Composés organochlorés > Aspect de l'environnement.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Composés organiques.
environmental policy.
organic compounds.
poison.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Toxicologie.
Chloorverbindingen.
Milieutoxicologie.
Gezondheidseffecten.
Milieueffecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Argument
  • I. The Problem: A Global Health Hazard
  • 1. Organochlorines Around the World
  • 2. First-Class Poisons: The Toxicology of Organochlorines
  • 3. The Damage Done: Health Impacts in People and Wildlife
  • 4. Organochlorines and Cancer
  • II. The Cause: Industrial Chlorine Chemistry
  • 5. Chlorine in Nature and Industry
  • 6. The Chlorine Business
  • 7. Chemistry out of Control
  • 8. Major Sources of Organochlorine Pollution
  • III. The Solution: A Chlorine Sunset
  • 9. An Ecological Policy on Chlorine Chemistry
  • 10. Beyond Chlorine: The Alternatives
  • 11. Good Science, Good Politics.

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