The Alchemy of Disease : How Chemicals and Toxins Cause Cancer and Other Illnesses /

Since the dawn of the industrial age, we have unleashed a bewildering number of potentially harmful chemicals. But out of this vast array, how do we identify the actual threats? What does it take to prove that a certain chemical causes cancer? How do we translate academic knowledge of the toxic effe...

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Main Author: Whysner, John (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2020
Subjects:
Toxicology.
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Toxicology.
toxikológia
ISBN:9780231549509
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Cancer Clusters: Truth Can Be Obscure
  • 2. Death from Arsenic and Venoms: Truth Can Be Obvious
  • 3. Paracelsus: The Alchemist at Work
  • 4. Mining and the Beginnings of Occupational Medicine
  • 5. The Chemical Age
  • 6. The Bioassay Boom
  • 7. Lead: A Heavy Metal Weighing Down the Brain
  • 8. Rachel Carson: Silent Spring Is Now Noisy Summer
  • 9. The Study of Cancer
  • 10. How Are Carcinogens Made?
  • 11. Some Carcinogens Directly Affect Genes
  • 12. Cancer Caused by Irritation
  • 13. Cigarette Smoking: Black, Tarry Lungs
  • 14. What Causes Cancer?
  • 15. Protecting Workers from Chemical Diseases
  • 16. The Importance of Having a Good Name
  • 17. Can We Accurately Regulate Chemicals?
  • 18. The Dose Makes the Poison
  • 19. Are We Ready to Clean Up the Mess?
  • 20. Legal Battles
  • 21. The Toxicology of War
  • 22. Opiates and Politics
  • 23. The Toxicology of Climate Change
  • 24. Animal Models for Human Disease
  • 25. Are Animal Cancer Bioassays Reliable?
  • 26. Hormone Mimics and Disrupters
  • 27. Building Better Tools for Testing
  • 28. An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
  • Notes
  • Index

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