Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical Age

by Hugh D. Crone

This book surveys the use, abuse and misuse of chemicals in our society. The disaster at Bhopal, the use of Agent Orange and chemical warfare in the Gulf all provide sobering, if sensational, examples of the potential dangers of chemicals, whilst the invidious accumulation of a wide range of chemicals in the environment is attracting increased publicity if not informed debate. Hugh Crone redresses this balance by providing a scientific yet accessible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521313597
• ISBN13: 9780521313599
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.