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The True Story of DDT, PCB, and Dioxin
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Autor: Przemysław Mastalerz

 Wydawnictwo: Chemiczne
ISBN: 8390577658
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Format: 140 x 200
Oprawa: miękka
Stron: 226
Data wydania: 2005-02-04
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This book attempts to unearth the facts about DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls, and dioxins, which are contrary to general beliefs as well as to official politics and therefore are never talked about in the media. The relevant facts are deeply buried among library shelves and are not readily accessible to the public. Their exposure may help to improve public understanding of hazards resulting from the prescence of DDT, PCB, and dioxins in the environment.
The environmentalists have accused DDT, PCB, and dioxin of all possible evils, from child paralysis to male infertility. The book contains a severe critique of such propaganda and shows that environmentalist scaremongering is based on very poor science. The distinctive feature of the book is that every word of critique is meticulously substantiated with references to original literature. This should make it harder for the environmentalists to disregard this book.

Contents:
  • The Stockholm POP convention
  • Ideological and historical background of the war against DDT
  • The literature on POPs
  • The triumph, the demise, and the return of DDT
  • Enter PCBs and dioxins
  • Definitions of DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins
  • Degradation of DDT, PCB, and dioxins in the environment
  • The persistence of DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins in the environment
  • DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins in various environmental compartments
  • Organochlorines in animal tissues
  • Food chains and biomagnification
  • DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins in human food
  • DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins in human tissues
  • Expressing the toxicity
  • Toxicity to fish
  • Toxicity to birds
  • Toxicity to domestic and wild animals
  • Organochlorines and human health
  • Organochlorines and animal cancer
  • Organochlorines and human cancer
  • Health consequences of the Seveso accident
  • TCDD and the Vietnam veterans
  • Hormonal activity of organochlorines

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