Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us at Risk from Toxicants

by Carl F. Cranor

Book Overview

Take a random walk through your life and you'll find it is awash in industrial, often toxic, chemicals. Sip water from a plastic bottle and ingest bisphenol A. Prepare dinner in a non-stick frying pan or wear a layer of Gore-Tex only to be exposed to perfluorinated compounds. Hang curtains, clip your baby into a car seat, watch television--all are manufactured with brominated flame-retardants.

Cosmetic ingredients, industrial chemicals,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072219
• ISBN13: 9780674072213
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"