Book contents
- Earth Detox
- Reviews
- Earth Detox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Chemical Avalanche
- 2 Poisoning a Planet
- 3 Are You a Contaminated Site?
- 4 Diabolic Cocktail
- 5 Unseen Risks
- 6 Sick Society
- 7 Getting Away with Murder
- 8 Clean Up Society
- 9 Clean Up the Earth
- 10 Preventing Catastrophe
- Postscript: A Cautionary Tale from Deep Time
- Notes
- Index
1 - Chemical Avalanche
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
- Earth Detox
- Reviews
- Earth Detox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Chemical Avalanche
- 2 Poisoning a Planet
- 3 Are You a Contaminated Site?
- 4 Diabolic Cocktail
- 5 Unseen Risks
- 6 Sick Society
- 7 Getting Away with Murder
- 8 Clean Up Society
- 9 Clean Up the Earth
- 10 Preventing Catastrophe
- Postscript: A Cautionary Tale from Deep Time
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Using latest science, explains the quantum of man-made chemical emissions, the main sources and the cost in human life. First global estimate of total anthropogenic chemical emissions and circulation. The issue is far larger than most people or governments imagine.
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- Earth DetoxHow and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet, pp. 1 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021