Everyday, we come into contact with many relatively harmless substances that could, at certain concentrations, be toxic. This applies not only to obvious candidates such as asbestos, lead, and gasoline, but also to compounds such as caffeine and headache tablets. While the field…
Everyday we come into contact with countless substances that could, at certain concentrations, be toxic. This book sets out to answer many questions by placing toxicology in a human context - exploring current toxicology concerns without assuming a prior background in science.
Everyday we come into contact with countless substances that could, at certain concentrations, be toxic. This book sets out to answer many questions by placing toxicology in a human context - exploring current toxicology concerns without assuming a prior background in science.
Dr. Gilbert Illustrates important toxicological principles by describing characteristics of toxic substances and using documented examples, in a manner suitable for professional as well as lay readers. His emphasis on the effects of low level exposure to common environmental poi…