| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages) : chiefly illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Cast of characters; 1 -- Construction: City of bones; 2 -- Automobile pollution: Air today, gone tomorrow; 3 -- Environmental legislation: Laws of the land; 4 -- Industrial pollution: Poisonous development; 5 -- Chemicals: Killer cocktail; 6 -- Electronic waste: System failure imminent; 7 -- Plastics: Material mayhem; 8 -- Heavy metals: Trail of destruction; 9 -- Food: Toxins at your table; 10 -- Household waste: Attitudes that stink; 11 -- Recycling: The right stuff; 12 -- Festivals: Callous celebrations; Glossary; Behind the book. |
| Summary |
The Sachdeva family is like many others. A father with a government job; his wife a homemaker; a son starting a career; and a daughter in high school. And like most other families in a big city, the Sachdevas are surrounded in their everyday lives by a cocktail of toxic substances they are hardly aware of. Following these four--and some others who come in and out of their circle of existence-- 'Our Toxic World' takes a close look at these hidden perils, and at what we can do to make our own lives, and the world around us, a little cleaner, a little safer. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental toxicology.
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Environmental toxicology. |
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Environmental health.
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Environmental health. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Toxics Link (Organization : India)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gupta, Aniruddha Sen. Our toxic world a guide to hazardous substances in our everyday lives. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications ; New Delhi [India] : Toxics Link, 2010 9788132103066 (DLC) 2010000855 (OCoLC)498418814 |
| ISBN |
9788132105343 (electronic book) |
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8132105346 (electronic book) |
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9788132112051 (ebook) |
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8132112059 (ebook) |
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9788132103066 (pb) |
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8132103068 (pb) |
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