Screen LibraryModern poisons : a brief introduction to contemporary toxicology /
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Island Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781610913829 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1610913825 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9781610913812 (cloth : alkaline paper) 1610913817 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | RA1211 |
| CLC: |
R595 R99 |
| Call Number: | R99/K815 |
| Contents: | The dose makes the poison -- Nature of a chemical -- The human animal -- Chemical journeys: absorption -- Bodily defense -- Wider journeys: pollution -- Traveling particles -- Toxins, poisons, and venoms -- Metals: gift and curse -- Combustion -- Drugs and the toxicology of addiction -- 70,000 years of pesticides -- Origins of regulation -- Low-dose chemical carcinogenesis -- POPs and Silent Spring -- Toxic toiletries -- Determining sex: chemicals and reproduction -- The earliest exposure: transgenerational toxicology -- Natural toxins revisited -- Chemical resistance -- Afterword: toxicology and beyond. |