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
5 - Unseen Risks
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
Describes major categories of chemical pollution and poisoning of which the public is still largely unaware: e-waste, nanopollution, plastics, novel pesticides, chemical intensification, chemical weapons, illicit drugs, eutrophication of waters. Humanity fated to poison itself. Role of the educated consumer in detoxing the Earth.
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- Earth DetoxHow and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet, pp. 108 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021