Green intelligence : creating environments that protect human health /
"We live in a world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe. Although experts are beginning to understand the potential dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000 synthetic compounds that have not been suf...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
2009
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "We live in a world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe. Although experts are beginning to understand the potential dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000 synthetic compounds that have not been sufficiently tested for us to interpret their effects on human health. Yale University professor John Wargo has spent much of his career researching the impact of chemical exposures on women and children. In this book, he explains the origins of society's profound misunderstanding of everyday chemical hazards and offers a practical path toward developing greater "green intelligence.""--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 371 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-356) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300156386 0300156383 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
