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050 00 $aGE195$b.D36 2003
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100 1 $aDini, J. W.
245 10 $aChallenging environmental mythology :$bwrestling Zeus /$cJack Dini ; foreword by Jay Lehr.
260 $aRaleigh, NC :$bSciTech Pub. ;$aNorwich, NY :$bDistributed to the trade by W. Andrew Pub.,$cc2003.
300 $axii, 207 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSec. I. Pollution. Can someone please define pollution? ; The good old days ... weren't ; Indoor air pollution -- is your home sick? ; Nitric oxide -- from pollutant to molecule of the year ; Global warming: the controversy rages on -- Sec. II. Chemicals -- the other side of the story. Chemophobia ; Poopophobia ; DDT: the real story ; The single molecule theory of chemical contamination ; Hormesis: mother knows best ; A vocabulary lesson -- bioavailability and chirality ; Nature's newly discovered chemical behaves like PCBs -- Sec III. Mother nature -- do we control her destiny? Nature, frail or force to be reckoned with? ; Species extinction may not be caused by pollution ; Killer rocks: please spend my money here! -- Sec. IV. Assessing risks and the costs of life. The precautionary principle -- better off staying in bed ; The cost of a life and interventions ; One in a million -- human health risk ; The EPA's fat chance -- Sec. V. Radiation and cancer risk. Radiation- it's what you think you know ; Radiation hormesis -- a little bit means a lot ; Cancer clusters -- shoot first, asking nothing ; Poverty is the worst carcinogen -- Sec. VI. The culture of the environment. Environmental indicators -- "Gimme the bad news doc!" ; Bad news is big news ; Scientists vs. journalists ; Environmental education -- breeding brainwashed activists? ; Statistics: speaking with forked tongues ; Environmentalism and cultural differences -- the "envirocrats" ; Environmental hysteria -- funny stories, serious morals -- Sec 7. The lighter side. Chasing the little white ball ; Noah -- a modern version.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism$zUnited States.
650 2 $aEnvironmental exposure.
650 2 $aEnvironmental health.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDini, J.W.$tChallenging environmental mythology.$dRaleigh, NC : SciTech Pub. ; Norwich, NY : Distributed to the trade by W. Andrew Pub., ©2003$w(OCoLC)648218378
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