An edition of The consumer's good chemical guide (1994)

The consumer's good chemical guide

a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life

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An edition of The consumer's good chemical guide (1994)

The consumer's good chemical guide

a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life

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  • 1 Want to read

The Guide explains in accessible, non-technical language the science behind sugar and artificial sweeteners; cholesterol, animal fats and fibre; painkillers, and the risks associated with taking drugs; plastics and PVC; dioxins and nitrates in the environment; and carbon dioxide and the greenhouse gases. Also included are chapters on two products which are entirely chemical, but commonly not thought of as such: perfume and alcohol.

Here, the reader discovers that not only do fragrance chemicals give a great deal of innocent pleasure, their synthetic versions have been responsible for reducing the large-scale slaughter of some wild animals; and that alcohol can not only improve the quality of life, it may even prolong it.

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W.H. Freeman
Language
English
Pages
347

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Subjects

Medical misconceptions, Popular works, Toxicology, Chemicals, Consumer education
Edition Availability
Cover of: The consumer's good chemical guide
The consumer's good chemical guide: a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life
1998, W.H. Freeman
in English
Cover of: The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide
The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide: A Jargon-Free Guide to the Chemicals of Everyday Life (Scientific American Library Series)
February 1996, Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide
The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide: Separating Facts from Fiction About Everyday Products
March 1, 1996, Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Cover of: The consumer's good chemical guide
The consumer's good chemical guide: a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life
1994, W.H. Freeman
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.

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Oxford, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
615.9
Library of Congress
RA1213 .E47 1994, RA1213.E47 1994

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Pagination
xi, 347 p. :
Number of pages
347

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OL1084470M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0716745054
LCCN
94008286
OCLC/WorldCat
29911513
Library Thing
1773711
Goodreads
3091333

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