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The body toxic
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Nena Baker |
Almost everything we encounter--from soap to soup cans and computers to clothing--contributes to a chemical load unique to each of us. Scientists studying the phenomenon refer to it as "chemical body… |
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Toxic truth
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Lydia Denworth |
The story of the bitter thirty-year fight to protect children from lead. Clair Patterson, a geochemist, traveled worldwide to measure the composition of rock, ice, and rain. Herbert Needleman, a psyc… |
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The complete idiot's guide to green cleaning
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Mary Findley |
Shows how to clean every room in the house quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently using non-toxic products and environmentally-friendly techniques. |
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Advances in environmental chemistry and toxicology of mercury
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Guangliang Liu,Yong Cai,Nelson J. O'Driscoll |
"This book provides the fundamentals, recent developments, and future research needs for critical mercury transformation and transport processes, as well as the experimental methods that have been em… |
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Herbal drug dangers
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Judy Monroe |
Discusses the use of "herbal drugs" and some of their possible dangers. |
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The environment in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
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Gary Wiener |
"Background on Rachel Carson; The Environment in Silent Spring; Contemporary Perspectives on the Environment"-- |
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Mercury pollution
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Sharon L. Zuber |
"Using mercury pollution as an example, this book illustrates the interdisciplinary approach required for solving environmental problems. It explains the details of the natural cycling of mercury in … |
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Mercury in the environment
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Michael S. Bank |
"Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread, well documented, and continue to pose a public health concern in both developed and developing countries. In response to a growing need for unders… |
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WHO handbook on indoor radon
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World Health Organization (WHO) |
This handbook focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks from radon and sound policy options for preventin… |
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Comparative toxicogenomics
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Christer Hogstrand,Peter Kille |
Toxicogenomics analyses the activity of a particular toxin or chemical substance on living tissue based upon a profiling of its known effects on genetic material. Toxicogenomics is important because … |
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Quantitative modeling in toxicology
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Melvin E. Andersen,Kannan Krishnan |
"In Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology leading experts outline the current state of knowledge on the modeling of dose, tissue interactions and tissue responses. Each chapter describes the mathematic… |
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Chlorinated organic micropollutants
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R. E. Hester,Roy M. Harrison |
Chlorinated Organic Micropollutants addresses the sources, environmental cycles, uptake, consequences and control of many of the more important chlorinated organic micropollutants, including PCBs, PC… |
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Important information on the use of potassium iodide (KI) tablets
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Illinois. Dept. of Nuclear Safety. Division of Planning and Preparedness |
KI is a non-prescription drug used to provide a "loading dose" of stable iodine to the thyroid when there is a risk that an individual might be exposed to a potentially harmful quantity of radioactiv… |
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Mercury
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Illinois. Environmental Protection Agency. Division of Environmental Outreach |
The Environmental Protection Agency is working to reduce the use and improper disposal of mercury containing products in an effort to minimize mercury contamination in Illinois. This brochure contai… |
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Herbicides in war
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Arthur H. Westing |
"This volume is the first product of the SIPRI/NEP programme on 'Military activities and the human environment'. The programme uses an environmental, rather than a geopolitical approach to the study … |
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Rowing the eternal sea : the story of a Minamata fisherman
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Keibo Oiwa,Masato Ogata,Karen Colligan-Taylor |
"In the early 1950s fisherfolk and other villagers around Minamata Bay on the western coast of Kyushu, Japan, began to suffer from mysterious and often fatal symptoms of what came to be known as Mina… |
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The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment
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John C. Ball |
The work constitutes the most comprehensive evaluation of methadone maintenance treatment in the United States to date. Based upon three years of data collection at drug abuse treatment programs in N… |
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Principles and methods of toxicology
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A. Wallace Hayes |
Extensively revised and updated with four new chapters and an expanded glossary, this fifth edition provides comprehensive coverage in a manageable and accessible format. The book examines each metho… |
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Litt's drug eruption reference manual including drug interactions
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Jerome Z. Litt |
Thoroughly updated and expanded, the new Fifteenth Edition of the widely acclaimed Litt's Drug Eruption Reference Manual provides reliable, current, and comprehensive information on drug eruptions an… |
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Toxicology
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Hans Marquardt,Roger O. McClellan,Siegfried G. Schäfer |
Toxicology is a comprehensive text for researchers and graduate students in toxicology and public health. It addresses every aspect of the field, starting with the fundamentals and incorporating such… |
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