How everyday products make people sick : toxins at home and in the workplace / Paul D. Blanc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanc, Paul D., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toxicology--Popular works.

Toxicology.

Environmental health--History.

Environmental health.

Occupational diseases--History.

Occupational diseases.

Health risk assessment.

Product safety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

Updated and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612360084

9781282360082

1282360086

9780520945319

052094531X

OCLC:

773564927