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The dirty dozen：toxic chemicals and the earth's future

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Main Authors: Johansen Bruce E (Bruce Elliott), 1950-
Published: Praeger,
Publisher Address: Westport, Conn.
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Organochlorine compounds > Environmental aspects
Persistent pollutants > Environmental aspects
Organochlorine compounds > Health aspects
Persistent pollutants > Health aspects
Environmental pollutants > Adverse effects
Insecticides, Organochlorine > adverse effects
Carcinogens
Heterocyclic Compounds > adverse effects
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated > adverse effects
Teratogens
Carrier Form: ix, 297 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0275977021 (alk. paper)
Index Number: X78
CLC: X78
Call Number: X78/J652
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-289) and index.
Persistent organic pollutants : the basics -- "We feel like an endangered species" : toxics in the Arctic -- CFCs, global warming, and ozone depletion -- The chemical industry, nonwhite communities, and the Third World -- Belugas with tumors : the toxic toll on animals -- End of the line : the dirty dozen and human health -- Toxic Barbie? : not your great-grandmother's estrogen -- Solutions : public policy issues.

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