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  • Green Intelligence

    Creating Environments That Protect Human Health

    We live in a world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe. Although experts are beginning to understand the potential dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000 synthetic compounds that have not been sufficiently tested to interpret their effects on human health. Yale University professor John Wargo has ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • The Story of the Human Body

    Evolution, Health, and Disease

    In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Napoleon's Buttons

    Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear. A change ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Living Downstream

    An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

    Sandra Steingraber, biologist, poet, and survivor of cancer in her twenties, brings all three perspectives to bear on the most important health and human rights issue of our time: the growing body of evidence linking cancer to environmental contaminations. Her scrupulously researched scientific analysis ranges from the alarming worldwide patterns of cancer incidence to the sabotage wrought by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Skeptical Environmentalist

    Measuring the Real State of the World

    The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Whitewash

    The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

    by Carey Gillam ...
    **Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2018)IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet (2018)Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award (2018)"Reads like a mystery novel as Gillam skillfully uncovers Monsanto's secretive strategies." —Erin Brockovich"A damning picture...Gillam expertly covers a contentious front." —Publishers Weekly**"A must-read." —Booklist"Hard ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Body Toxic

    How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being

    by Nena Baker ...
    We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation that contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health problems in ways just now being understood. These toxic substances, unknown to our grandparents, accumulate in our fat, bones, blood, and organs as ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Dodging the Toxic Bullet

    How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards

    by David R. Boyd ...
    Dodging the Toxic Bullet presents workable strategies that show how we can live longer, healthier lives by breathing clean air, eating healthy food, drinking safe water, and using non-toxic products. Author David R. Boyd provides accessible background on a range of hazards including mercury in fish, carcinogens in cleaning products, lead in toys, and lethal E. coli in ground beef. His clear ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waste

    A Handbook for Management

    Waste: A Handbook for Management gives the broadest, most complete coverage of waste in our society. The book examines a wide range of waste streams, including: - Household waste (compostable material, paper, glass, textiles, household chemicals, plastic, water, and e-waste) - Industrial waste (metals, building materials, tires, medical, batteries, hazardous mining, and nuclear) - Societal waste ... Read more

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  • Killer Clothes

    Well researched and documented, Killer Clothes raises consumer awareness of the numerous harmful chemicals and additives in synthetic clothing that correlate to the rise of respiratory disease, cancer, and infertility. From toxic chemcials like formaldehyde and phthalates to insecticides, flame retardants, and nano-particles, synthetic clothing today contains a toxic stew of dozens of substances ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Dying to be Free How America's Ruling Class Is Killing and Bankrupting Americans, and What to Do About It

    How America's Ruling Class Is Killing and Bankrupting Americans, and What to Do About It

    Americans today are dying for want of freedom. Despite being told over andover again that they are free, the truth is that Americans have little freedomleft. This is due to the rise of an oligarchy of technocrats who now rule oursociety in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These peopleare totalitarian technocrats. They seek complete control over individualsand therefore society ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Toxic Chemicals

    Risk Prevention Through Use Reduction

    Catastrophic events such as the Bhopal, India tragedy and rising incidences of cancer in areas neighboring industrial facilities have heightened concern over the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing and industry. Based on the authors' research conducted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book explores the history of toxic chemical release reporting programs, presents data on the toxicity of chemicals ... Read more

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