Toxic legacy : synthetic toxins in the food, water, and air of American cities / Patrick J. Sullivan ... [et al.].

Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2007.

Format/Description:

Book
xv, 552 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subjects:

Toxicology -- United States.
Toxins.
Pollutants.
Poisons -- Safety measures.
Environmental toxicology -- United States.
Environmental health -- United States.

Contents:

Confronting the unknown
An introduction to synthetic chemical contaminates in food
The number of synthetic chemicals in food
Synthetic chemicals in a balanced diet
Diets and chemical mixtures
Food contamination at the city and regional level
Synthetic chemical contaminates in drinking water
Synthetic chemical contaminants in air
Toxicity and synthetic chemical mixtures
The body's synthetic chemical burden
Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Contributor:

Sullivan, Patrick J., Ph.D.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0123706408 (hd cover)
9780123706409 (hd cover)

OCLC:

77571500

Web link:

Publisher's description
The Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund Home Page

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