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Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy

Title
Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy / Joe Thornton.
Author
Thornton, Joe.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.

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Description
xii, 599 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Organochlorine compounds > Toxicology
  • Organochlorine compounds > Environmental aspects
  • Environmental policy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-580) and index.
Contents
The problem : a global health hazard -- Organochlorines around the world -- First-class poisons : the toxicology of organochlorines -- The damage done : health impacts in people and wildlife -- Organochlorines and cancer -- The cause : industrial chlorine chemistry -- Chlorine in nature and industry -- The chlorine business -- Chemistry out of control -- Major sources of organochlorine pollution -- The solution : a chlorine sunset -- An ecological policy on chlorine chemistry -- Beyond chlorine : the alternatives -- Good science, good politics.
Call Number
JSE 00-807
ISBN
0262201240 (hc : alk. paper)
LCCN
99057011
OCLC
42746091
Author
Thornton, Joe.
Title
Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy / Joe Thornton.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-580) and index.
Research Call Number
JSE 00-807
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