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*[[Is it the final straw that breaks the camel’s back?]] | *[[Is it the final straw that breaks the camel’s back?]] | ||
*[[Is expert jargon just a way to confuse the man in the street?]] | *[[Is expert jargon just a way to confuse the man in the street?]] | ||
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*[[Are the risks of the domestic and the workplace environments different?]] | *[[Are the risks of the domestic and the workplace environments different?]] | ||
| − | ===Is man defiled by what goes into his mouth?=== | + | ===[[Is man defiled by what goes into his mouth?]]=== |
*[[What is safe to drink?]] | *[[What is safe to drink?]] | ||
*[[Does water chlorination cause cancer?]] | *[[Does water chlorination cause cancer?]] | ||
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*[[What if alcohol were treated as a chemical contaminant in food?]] | *[[What if alcohol were treated as a chemical contaminant in food?]] | ||
| − | ===A favourite of children – and some adults too=== | + | ===[[A favourite of children – and some adults too]]=== |
*[[Can even a child’s toy be dangerous?]] | *[[Can even a child’s toy be dangerous?]] | ||
*[[How does the environment affect the child in the womb?]] | *[[How does the environment affect the child in the womb?]] | ||
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*[[Should solariums carry a health warning?]] | *[[Should solariums carry a health warning?]] | ||
| − | ===The air that we breathe=== | + | ===[[The air that we breathe]]=== |
*[[What’s wrong with the air in our cities?]] | *[[What’s wrong with the air in our cities?]] | ||
*[[People don’t die of carbon monoxide poisoning any more – do they?]] | *[[People don’t die of carbon monoxide poisoning any more – do they?]] | ||
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*[[How do air fresheners really work?]] | *[[How do air fresheners really work?]] | ||
| − | ===How to protect our common environment?=== | + | ===[[How to protect our common environment?]]=== |
*[[Why is it worth investing in environmental protection?]] | *[[Why is it worth investing in environmental protection?]] | ||
*[[Indigenous populations live in harmony with their environment, don’t they?]] | *[[Indigenous populations live in harmony with their environment, don’t they?]] | ||
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*[[Which environmental factors increase my blood pressure?]] | *[[Which environmental factors increase my blood pressure?]] | ||
| − | ===Here a risk, there a risk, everywhere risks, risks!=== | + | ===[[Here a risk, there a risk, everywhere risks, risks!]]=== |
*[[Are there problems in the present risk assessment practices?]] | *[[Are there problems in the present risk assessment practices?]] | ||
*[[What is risk management?]] | *[[What is risk management?]] | ||
Revision as of 11:21, 9 July 2010
Arsenic to Zoonoses is a book about environmental health issues for the general public.
Contents
Perception of the risks around us
- Is it the final straw that breaks the camel’s back?
- Is expert jargon just a way to confuse the man in the street?
- What is the wisdom in “It’s the dose that determines that a thing is not a poison”?
- What is a “chemical” after all?
- Is it more dangerous for us than for our ancestors?
- Are the risks of the domestic and the workplace environments different?
Is man defiled by what goes into his mouth?
- What is safe to drink?
- Does water chlorination cause cancer?
- Are blue-green algae a risk to your life or at least to your liver?
- Does aluminium cause dementia?
- Arsenic in the drinking water – reminiscent of the movie “Lavender and old lace”?
- Are we starting to glow from the uranium in our environment?
- Fluoride – friend or foe?
- Blind drunk – or dead drunk?
- What is really dangerous in our diet?
- Should we be concerned about the amounts of additives in our diet?
- May even our cooking habits hurt us?
- Why not re-freeze thawed out frozen food?
- The dirty dozen – not just an old movie?
- Where do the dioxins come from?
- Are the dioxins the most dangerous chemicals in our environment?
- Are the PCB compounds really super-poisons?
- What on earth is PBDE?
- What are the hormonal disrupters?
- Tin poisoning – wasn’t even grandma’s copper kitchenware tin-plated?
- Are heavy metals still a problem today?
- Is mercury a quicksilver bullet or a slow poison?
- If this kills insects, what effect is it having on me?
- The whole field was brown-coloured; should you even go near it let alone eat anything growing there?
- Should we only eat “organic” products?
- Isn’t it safe to eat everything that grows naturally?
- Is it safe to eat wherever it’s convenient?
- What if alcohol were treated as a chemical contaminant in food?
A favourite of children – and some adults too
- Can even a child’s toy be dangerous?
- How does the environment affect the child in the womb?
- Is impregnated wood safe in my garden or children’s playground?
- Can you catch toxoplasmosis from cat litter?
- What are children’s waterproof clothes made of?
- Are people too clean for their own good?
- Are cosmetics chemicals?
- Should we have antibiotic chemicals present in everyday domestic items?
- How safe are detergents?
- Can noise cause true health problems?
- Is allergy more common today?
- A healthy suntan – or is it?
- Should solariums carry a health warning?
The air that we breathe
- What’s wrong with the air in our cities?
- People don’t die of carbon monoxide poisoning any more – do they?
- Can the air go up in flames?
- Ozone – I thought it was the hole in the ozone layer that we need to worry about?
- Should we go back to heating our homes with wood-burning stoves?
- Climate change – will it affect our health?
- Is formaldehyde another type of formalin?
- Benzene – isn’t it only found in chemistry sets?
- Can environmental cigarette smoke cause lung cancer?
- Is there radiation in my home?
- Do we need to monitor the quality of the air in our homes?
- How can a building become sick?
- Do our recreational pastimes require special ventilation systems?
- Is asbestos still a problem today?
- What happens when a building suffers moisture damage?
- Legionnaires’ disease – why should I worry, I’m not in the Foreign Legion?
- How do air fresheners really work?
How to protect our common environment?
- Why is it worth investing in environmental protection?
- Indigenous populations live in harmony with their environment, don’t they?
- Environmental equilibrium and chemicals – impossible or not?
- Down the drain – is it a case of out of sight, out of mind?
- Should we compost all our household waste?
- Does it make sense to burn our domestic waste in power stations?
- Is clean energy from biomass a myth?
- Which type of energy production is friendliest to human health?
- What was the impact of the Chernobyl disaster in Europe?
- Is it safe to live close to polluted land?
- Does environmental protection also mean improved health?
- If we care about our environment, should we all be vegetarians?
- Which environmental factors increase my blood pressure?
Here a risk, there a risk, everywhere risks, risks!
- Are there problems in the present risk assessment practices?
- What is risk management?
- What are the most common misconceptions about risks held by the man in the street?
- Why are experts usually so sceptical?
- Why do different people rate different risks so differently?
- Can you lessen your own personal chemical burden?
- Why are people afraid of dental amalgam?
- What do we mean by the term “life cycle analysis”?
- The precautionary principle – better safe than sorry?
- Are GM foods Frankenfoods?
- Mutagenesis, carcinogenesis and other scary words – what do they really mean?
- Which type of radiation poses the greatest threat to our health?
- Are most cancers caused by exposures to chemicals?
- Is cancer more common today than it was in the past?
- We breathe oxygen; it can’t be dangerous, can it?
- Why are animal experiments still needed?
- Are electric lines and transformers dangerous?
- How dangerous is it to use a mobile phone?
- We are surrounded by risks but which of them should we take seriously?
- Are inhabitants of different countries exposed to different risks?
- Before we go on holiday which environmental health precautions should we take?
- Should risk assessment be more transparent?
- Is environmental science just another religion?
- What happens if the human race presses the self-destruct button?
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