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The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being
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This book is well researched and invaluable to understanding the hazardous chemicals that we are exposed to every day. Its strength is that the author, Ms. Baker, does not make conclusory statements without factual and scientific substantiation, like some books in this area unfortunately do. (Compare "The Body Toxic" with "Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children.") Ms. Baker carefully and precisely sets forth the scientific facts underlying the book's theme yet does so in an engaging way by including real-life stories that illustrate the hazards behind the scientific facts. The way that she exposes the dangers of assuming that the FDA is protecting the public with regard to these chemicals is especially compelling. In summary, "The Body Toxic" is an exceptionally well-written investigative book that we can't afford to ignore.
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ISBN:
9780865477469
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Publication date:
07/21/2009
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FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
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.80IN
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.75
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2009
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Nena Baker
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Health and Medicine-General
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Environmental toxicology
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