Our Toxic Legacy
eBook - ePub

Our Toxic Legacy

How Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium Harm Our Health

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Our Toxic Legacy

How Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium Harm Our Health

About this book

Lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium are major toxic metals. All are environmental pollutants that can inflict harm on humans and other living creatures as well as adversely affect our air, water, soil, and food supply. They can poison not only us but also our progeny developing in the womb. They can break down the body's basic functions. This book describes the unique characteristics of each of the four major toxic metals, identifies the likely sources of our exposure, and offers in-depth, evidence based information, methods to test for its presence, and therapies to rid ti from our bodies.

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Information

Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781591202844
eBook ISBN
9781591203339

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Lead: The Cause of a Vast and Silent Epidemic
  8. 2. Mercury: Destroyer of Body and Mind
  9. 3. Arsenic: A Jekyll and Hyde Metal
  10. 4. Cadmium: A Biologically Non-Essential, Non-Beneficial Human Toxin
  11. Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Measures
  12. Main Sources
  13. About the Author

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