The Toxic Consumer: Living Healthy in a Hazardous World
- ISBN-10
- 1402748914
- ISBN-13
- 9781402748912
- Category
- Environmental Health
- Pages
- 161
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
- Authors
- Karen Ashton, Elizabeth Salter Green
Description
Offering an eye-opening study of toxic materials to which we are exposed in everyday life, a practical handbook identifies potentially hazardous substances, their impact on human health, how to make informed choices about what we buy for ourselves and for the environment, and healthier choices for bedding, cosmetics, clothing, food and drink, flooring, and other everyday items. Original.
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Other editions
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- 2009-10-23
- 128 pages
- Ebook
- Union Square & Co.
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