The consumer's good chemical guide
a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life
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Word Count
86,750 words, Guess
Page Count
347 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1084470M
- ISBN-100716745054
- OCLC Control Number29911513
- OCLC Control Numberconsumersgoodche00emsl
- Library of Congress Control Number94008286
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1773711
- Goodreads3091333
Classifications
- DDC615.9
- LCCRA1213 .E47 1994
Description
The Guide explains in accessible, non-technical language the science behind sugar and artificial sweeteners; cholesterol, animal fats and fibre; painkillers, and the risks associated with taking drugs; plastics and PVC; dioxins and nitrates in the environment; and carbon dioxide and the greenhouse gases. Also included are chapters on two products which are entirely chemical, but commonly not thought of as such: perfume and alcohol. Here, the reader discovers that not only do fragrance chemicals give a great deal of innocent pleasure, their synthetic versions have been responsible for reducing the large-scale slaughter of some wild animals; and that alcohol can not only improve the quality of life, it may even prolong it.
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