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Toxic Truth

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Toxic Truth

By Lydia Denworth

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About the book

They didn't start out as environmental warriors. Clair Patterson was a geochemist focused on determining the age of the Earth. Herbert Needleman was a pediatrician treating inner-city children. But in the chemistry lab and the hospital ward, they met a common enemy: lead. It was literally everywhere-in gasoline and paint, of course, but also in water pipes and food cans, toothpaste tubes and toys, ceramics and cosmetics, jewelry and batteries. Though few people worried about it at the time, lead...Show more

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9780807000335

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Toxic Truth

Format

Paperback

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