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How Everyday Products Make People Sick : Toxins at Home and in the Workplace.
Title:
How Everyday Products Make People Sick : Toxins at Home and in the Workplace.
Author:
Blanc, Paul D.
ISBN:
9780520945319
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (392 pages)
Contents:
0-520-24882-1-frontcover.pdf -- 0-520-24882-1-text.pdf -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Forgotten Histories of "Modern" Hazards -- 2. The Shadow of Smoke: How to Evade Regulation -- 3. Good Glue, Better Glue, Superglue -- 4. Under a Green Sea -- 5. Going Crazy at Work -- 6. Job Fever -- 7. Emerging Toxins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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