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Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Based on his popular Wired magazine column What's Inside, Patrick Di Justo takes a cold, hard ... look at the shocking, disgusting, and often dumbfounding ingredients found in everyday products, from Cool Whip and Tide Pods to Spam and Play-Doh. He also shares the madcap stories of his extensive research, including tracking down a reclusive condiment heir, partnering with a cop to get his hands on heroin, and getting tight-lipped snack-food execs...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dodging the Toxic Bullet presents workable strategies that show how we can live longer, healthier lives by breathing clean air, eating healthy food, drinking safe water, and using non-toxic products. Author David R. Boyd provides accessible background on a range of hazards including mercury in fish, carcinogens in cleaning products, lead in toys, and lethal E. coli in ground beef. His clear directions for reducing risk include growing lots of houseplants,...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Written with pace, clarity, and humor by world-renowned scientists in immunology, nutrition, and environmental health, The Secret Life of Your Microbiome makes the irrefutable case that our health and happiness depends fundamentally on the health of our personal biodiversity and the biodiversity around us, and shows how we can nurture this nature."--
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"Reliable and easily understandable information about the most frequently encountered toxic dangers; where such dangers are most likely to be found; how to recogize them and the symptoms that exposure to them can cause; and above all, how chronic and acute exposure can be reduced or avoided altogether ... information on over 100 of the most common and potentially hazardous toxics in our environment"--Page xi.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Non-Toxic gives insightful, even-handed, evidence-based discussion about the environment in which we now find ourselves living, the environmental hazards and ways in which we may better protect ourselves and our families from increased risk of illness and disease due to harmful chemical and radiation exposure. Espousing the principles developed by famed physician and author, Dr. Andrew Weil, and making them accessible for the general reader, the...
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