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Autore |
Blanc Paul D. <1951-> |
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Titolo |
How everyday products make people sick [[electronic resource] ] : toxins at home and in the workplace / / Paul D. Blanc |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36008-6 |
9786612360084 |
0-520-94531-X |
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Edizione |
[Updated and expanded.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Toxicology |
Environmental health - History |
Occupational diseases - History |
Health risk assessment |
Product safety |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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: The Rising Tide of Chlorine -- 5 / Going Crazy at Work: Cycles of Carbon Disulfide Poisoning -- 6 / Job Fever: Inhaling Dust and Fumes -- 7 / Emerging Toxins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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