Our toxic world a guide to hazardous substances in our everyday lives:
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1. Verfasser: Gupta, Aniruddha Sen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications ©2010
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Beschreibung: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
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 161 pages)
ISBN:8132103068
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9788132103066
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