Cheryl Holdren & Richard Schneider Toxics A to Z A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards

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Toxics A to Z features and alphabetical listing of over 100 toxics, identifying . . .
- What they are
- How they are measured
- Where they are found
- The symptoms of exposure
- What their known risks are
- How we can lessen or avoid those risks

An easy-to-use Cross-Reference Guide to help readers identify toxics in 18 major groups, including indoor and outdoor air pollutants, household items, and lawn and garden products

A glossary of terms, explanation of abbreviations, and listing of sources for further help and information

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How to Use This Book

Ten Effective Ways to Reduce

Toxics in Your Environment

Preface

Acknowledgments

Cross-References to Entries

by Exposure

PART ONE

ALL ABOUT TOXICS

FUNDAMENTALS

1 Toxics in Perspective

A. Thinking about Risk

B. Causes of Death and

Disease

2 The Language of Toxics

A. How Risk Is Described

B. Units Used to Describe

Toxics

SOME BASIC MEDICAL ASPECTS OF

THE TOXICS PROBLEM

3 Testing and Classification

of Toxics

A. Testing Toxics

B. Classification of Toxics

4 Toxics in the Body

A. Entry, Dose, and Exit: How

Chemicals Harm the Body

B. Sensitive Groups

C. Nutrition and Susceptibility

to Toxics

THE FOUR MAJOR SOURCES OF

TOXIC EXPOSURE

5 Toxics in Air

A. Air Pollution and Health

B. Smoking and Health

C. Indoor Air Pollution

6 Toxics in Water

A. Drinking Water and Health

B. The Threat from Below: Toxics

in Groundwater

7 Toxics in Food

A. Food Additives and Health

B. Why Alcohol and Other

Chemicals Don’t Mix

C. Food and Cancer: How Much

Is Nature to Blame?

8 Toxics in Consumer Products

A. Inert Ingredients

B. Hobbies and Crafts

C. Some Product Comparisons

TOXICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

9 Movement of Toxics through

the Environment

A. Air

B. Water

C. Soil

10 Toxics in the Biosphere

A. How Toxic Concentrations

Build Up in Animals

B. Ecological Effects of

Toxics

11 Three Global Environmental

Hazards of Pollutants

A. The Greenhouse Effect

B. Stratospheric Ozone

Depletion

C. Acid Rain

FOUR SPECIAL GROUPS OF TOXICS

12 Toxic Metals

A. Significance and Sources of

Toxic Metals

B. Human Health Effects

13 Petrochemicals

A. Sources and Products

B. Solvents

14 Pesticides

A. Overview

B. Classification and Patterns

of Use

C. Human Health Concerns

D. Environmental and Economic

Constraints

E. Cotton: A Case Study

F. Alternatives to Conventional

Pest Control

15 Radiation

A. The Nature of Radioactivity

B. The Electromagnetic

Spectrum

C. How Radiation Affects Us

D. Nuclear Fission and Nuclear

Fusion

E. Units Used to Describe

Radiation

F. Background Exposure and

Radiation Standards

G. Estimating the Risk of

Radiation

H. Food Irradiation

I. Nuclear War

MANAGING TOXICS

16 The Waste Crisis: Sources

and Solutions

A. Overview of the Waste Crisis

B. Waste Disposal

C. Waste Processing

D. Recycling and Other Approaches

to Source Reduction

17 Regulating Toxics

A. The Regulations: An

Overview

B. Protection of Air Quality

C. Protection of Water Quality

D. Public Health and Safety

E. Waste Management

F. Additional Laws Recently

Passed or Under

Consideration

G. The Right to Know about

Toxics

PART TWO

A GUIDE TO COMMONLY

ENCOUNTERED TOXICS

acetic acid

acetone

acrolein

aflatoxins

alachlor

aldicarb

aldrin and dieldrin

aluminum

ammonia

arsenic

asbestos

aspartame

asphalt

azinophos-methyl

barium

benomyl

benzene

benzo[ a ]pyrene (B[ a] P)

beryllium

BHT and BHA

bis(chloromethyl)ether

cadmium

caffeine

captan, captafol, and folpet

carbaryl

carbon black

carbon monoxide

carbon tetrachloride

carrageenan

cesium-137

CFCs

chlordane

chlorine, hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric

acid, and hypochlorite

chloroform

chromium

creosote

2, 4-D

daminozide

DDT

diazinon

dicamba

dichlorvos

dioxane

dioxin

Di(2-ethylhexyl )phthalate

EBDCs: mancozeb, maneb, metiram,

and zineb

ethylene dibromide (EDB) and ethylene

dichloride (EDC)

ethylene glycol

ethylene oxide

extremely low frequency electromagnetic

fields

fluoride

food colors

formaldehyde

fosetyl AI

glyphosate

heptachlor

hydroquinone

iodine-131

laser light

lead

lindane

malathion

mercury

methyl ethyl ketone

methylene chloride

microwave and radio frequency

radiation

mineral fibers (nonasbestos)

monosodium glutamate (MSG)

naphthalene

nickel

nicotine

nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines

nitrogen oxides

noise

oxalic acid

ozone and other photochemical

oxidants

paraquat

parathion and methyl-parathion

particulate matter

PCBs and PBBs

plutonium

pyrethroids (pyrethrum and

permethrin)

radon

saccharin

selenium

sodium hydroxide

strontium-90

styrene

sulfites

sulfur dioxide and sulfates

2, 4, 5-T

tetrachloroethylene

toluene

trichloroethane

trichloroethylene

TRIS

tritium

ultrasound

ultraviolet radiation

vinyl chloride

vinylidene chloride

warfarin

xylene

zinc

Glossary

Commonly Used Abbreviations

for Units

Abbreviations for Environmental

Laws and Institutions

Annotated Suggested Readings

Sources for Home Testing

Equipment

National Hodines

Index

Mengenai Pengarang

John Harte is professor and chair of the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, where Richard Schneider and Christine Shirley completed their degrees. Harte is the author of many scientific papers and books, including The Green Fuse (California, 1993). Cheryl Holdren holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. A population biologist, she specializes in insect and plat ecology.

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