The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide

A Jargon-Free Guide to the Chemical of Everyday Life

John Emsley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

358 Seiten

1998 | New edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7167-3034-7 (ISBN)

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Intended as a non-technical reference guide, this book contains information for all those concerned about the impact of chemicals - both natural and synthetic - in their foodstuffs, their lives and the environment. It explains in accessible, non-technical language the science behind sugar and artificial sweeteners; cholesterol, animal fats and fibre; painkillers; plastics and PVC; and the risks associated with taking drugs. It also exposes the misinformation and disinformation that surrounds many of the controversial chemicals we meet in daily life.

1. Perfumes; 2. Sweetness and light; 3. Alcohol; 4. Cholesterol, fats and fibre; 5. Painkiller and painful decisions; 6. PVC; 7. Dioxins, the world's deadliest toxins?; 8. Nitrate; 9. Carbon dioxide CO2; 10. Take care; Appendix; Chemical data; Bibliography; Index

Zusatzinfo	bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 234 mm
Gewicht	579 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-7167-3034-0 / 0716730340
ISBN-13	978-0-7167-3034-7 / 9780716730347
Zustand	Neuware