Secret Life of Chemicals

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2: Pesticides in our food.- Chapter 3. The plastics revolution.- Chapter 4. Toxic metals.- Chapter 5. The Indestructibles.- Chapter 6. Air pollutants.- Chapter 7. Chemicals from paper manufacture and use.- Chapter 8. Chemical exposure in the workplace.- Chapter 9. Fluorocarbons.- Chapter 10: Radiation.- Chapter 11. How do our bodies deal with chemicals?.- Chapter 12: Genetic variability and the risk of disease - the advantages and disadvantages of being different.- Chapter 13. Environmental chemicals and our genes.- Chapter 14. Environmental chemicals and mitochondria.- Chapter 15. Environmental chemicals and our immune system.- Chapter 16: Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe?.- Chapter 17. What can we do for a better future?.

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• Fatores ambientais
• Química industrial
• Poluição e ameaças ambientais
• Gestão da terra e recursos naturais
• Gestão de resíduos
• Tratamento e despejo de resíduos

Pesticides and plastics;Air pollutants;Environmental chemicals;Chemicals from paper manufacture;Toxic metals;Fluorocarbons