The Secret Life of Chemicals

The book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water, and our air and the impact that they may be having on human health. It documents current understanding about pesticides in food, the plastics revolution, toxic metals, air, water, and electronic waste pollutants, chemical exposure in the workplace, radiation pollutants, chemical exposure and hearing loss, how our bodies deal with chemicals, genetic variability and the risk of disease, the effect of chemicals on genes, mitochondria, and the immune system, and what we can do about it all. Industrialisation has resulted in many thousands of chemicals, which are being continuously developed and often escaping from where they are used into our human environment, without us really knowing enough about them.

Format: Hardback
Length: 241 pages
Publication date: 10 December 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The book provides comprehensive insights into the chemicals that surround us, including those found in our environment, food, water, and air, and their potential impact on human health. The author, a medical scientist with legal training, has meticulously documented the latest knowledge about pesticides in food, the plastics revolution, toxic metals, air, water, and electronic waste pollutants, chemical exposure in the workplace, radiation pollutants, chemical exposure and hearing loss, the interaction of chemicals with our bodies, genetic variability and disease risk, the effects of chemicals on genes, mitochondria, and the immune system, and what we can do to address these issues. The book highlights the significant number of chemicals that have been developed and released into our environment due to industrialization, with many of them potentially interfering with human health in high dosages or through continuous exposure. However, for the majority of these chemicals, we lack sufficient understanding of their potential effects, leaving us with questions about their role in certain diseases with poorly understood causes. Each chapter is extensively supported by numerous references from reputable peer-reviewed literature, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the information presented.

Weight: 559g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030803377
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021