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How everyday products make people sick : toxins at home and in the workplace / Paul D. Blanc.

Blanc, Paul D., 1951- (Author).

Summary:

This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day--a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. A compelling exposé, written by a physician with extensive experience in public health and illustrated with disturbing case histories, this is a meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies. It presents a picture of how ordinary manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed: glue and rubber cement; chlorine bleach; rayon and other synthetic textiles; welding and other metal fumes; wood preservatives; gasoline additives.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0520248813 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520248816 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520248821 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520248823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 374 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-346) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The forgotten histories of "modern" hazards -- The shadow of smoke : how to evade regulation -- Good glue, better glue, superglue -- Under a green sea : the rising tide of chlorine -- Going crazy at work : cycles of carbon disulfide poisoning -- Job fever : inhaling dust and fumes -- Emerging toxins.