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Loading... The Dirty Dozen: Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Futureby Bruce E. Johansen
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A good solid treatment of toxics in the environment, but the author does range widely into some uncertain territory without clearly differentiating between good sources and not so good sources. Some of his data are questionable. ( ) no reviews | add a review
"This study examines the history, industrial uses, and harmful effects of the twelve most commonly used organochloride chemicals. All have been fully or partially banned by the Stockholm Protocol, an international treaty signed by about 120 countries in December 2000. Among the twelve are the dioxins (the active ingredient in Agent Orange) and polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs), which are toxic in minute quantities. Johansen pays special attention to the Inuit of the Arctic, where these chemicals have been bio-accumulating to dangerous levels, moving up the food chain to a degree of toxicity that some Inuit mothers are no longer able to safely breast-feed their infants."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)363.738Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Other social problems and services Environmental problems Environmental problems PollutantsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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