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Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
Posted by Rob on May 19, 2009 9:34 pm
Review
“Indispensable and unputdownable, Smith and Lourie
take our — and their — toxic temperature. As scary as it all is, the
really surprising part is how easily we can start cleaning up our act.”
— Ann-Marie MacDonald, author of The Way the Crow Flies and Fall On Your Knees
Product Description
Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us.
Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes – now, it’s personal.
The
most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our
homes and workplaces. Smith and Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of
things that surround all of us all the time. This book exposes the
extent to which we are poisoned every day of our lives. For this book,
over the period of a week – the kind of week that would be familiar to
most people – the authors use their own bodies as the reference point
and tell the story of pollution in our modern world, the miscreant
corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government
officials who let it happen, and the effects on people and families
across the globe. Parents and concerned citizens will have to read this
book.
Key concerns raised in Slow Death by Rubber Duck:
• Flame-retardant chemicals from electronics and household dust polluting our blood.
• Toxins in our urine caused by leaching from plastics and run-of-the-mill shampoos, toothpastes and deodorant.
• Mercury in our blood from eating tuna.
• The chemicals that build up in our body when carpets and upholstery off-gas.
Ultimately
hopeful, the book empowers readers with some simple ideas for
protecting themselves and their families, and changing things for the
better.
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