Evolution in a Toxic World: How Life Responds to Chemical Threats

by Emily Monosson

Book Overview

With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now we literally can't live without it. According to Monosson, examining how life adapted to such early threats can teach us a great deal about today's (and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159726976X
• ISBN13: 9781597269766
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"