Book contents
- Earth Detox
- Reviews
- Earth Detox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Chemical Avalanche
- 2 Poisoning a Planet
- 3 Are You a Contaminated Site?
- 4 Diabolic Cocktail
- 5 Unseen Risks
- 6 Sick Society
- 7 Getting Away with Murder
- 8 Clean Up Society
- 9 Clean Up the Earth
- 10 Preventing Catastrophe
- Postscript: A Cautionary Tale from Deep Time
- Notes
- Index
3 - Are You a Contaminated Site?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
- Earth Detox
- Reviews
- Earth Detox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Chemical Avalanche
- 2 Poisoning a Planet
- 3 Are You a Contaminated Site?
- 4 Diabolic Cocktail
- 5 Unseen Risks
- 6 Sick Society
- 7 Getting Away with Murder
- 8 Clean Up Society
- 9 Clean Up the Earth
- 10 Preventing Catastrophe
- Postscript: A Cautionary Tale from Deep Time
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Describes mounting scientific evidence for individual, lifelong poisoning by man-made chemical emissions, showing how it begins in the womb, continues through childhood, accumulates through life and persists after death. Chemical exposure is mainly from food, drinks, cosmetics and air in the home, workplace, urban and rural environments. Pollution the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today.
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- Earth DetoxHow and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet, pp. 51 - 89Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021