How Everyday Products Make People Sick : Toxins at Home and in the Workplace
Environmental health Health risk assessment Occupational diseases Product safety Toxicology Hazardous Substances Health Medicine Social Science MEDICAL / Toxicology sähkökirjat
University of California Press
2009
2nd ed.
EISBN 9780520945319
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.
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.
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.
