Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health, and a New Environmental Strategy

Pandora's Poison presents a solution to one of the most insidious environmental problems of our time: the global build-up of toxic chemicals. Everywhere on the planet, hundreds of industrial chemicals called organochlorines are accumulating in the environment, the food supply, and our bodies. These substances--such infamous pollutants as dioxins, PCBs, and DDT, along with thousands of lesser-known hazards--are produced when chlorine gas is used to make plastics, paper, pesticides, and many industrial chemicals. In a thorough and accessible analysis, biologist Joe Thornton shows how global organochlorine pollution is already contributing to infertility, immune suppression, cancer, and developmental disorders in humans and wildlife. Thornton proposes a major shift in environmental science and policy. He shows that the current framework radically overestimates the ability of science and technology to address the complex global hazards of chemical mixtures. And he reveals how the "sound science" that dominates environmental regulations disguises political biases that protect polluters and gamble with public health. Articulating principles for a new environmental strategy, Thornton shows that the only practical solution is to take global action on broad classes of hazardous chemicals and the processes that produce them, starting with organochlorines. He lays out a democratically controlled program to replace the production and use of chlorine gas and its derivatives with safer, effective, and economically feasible alternatives, which are already available for the majority of chlorine uses. With an innovative interdisiciplinary approach, Pandora's Poison promises to revolutionize the debate over pollution, health, and the role of science in public policy. more

For:$62.50
Product Rating:

22 Reviews
Info:
Set Price Alert Save to Wish List
Tags:
Joe Thornton, Hardcover, Amazon

BestDeal

$62.50 at Amazon

ComparePrices

SmartSort

title,desc	merchant	price	seeit
Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health,... Pages: 611, Edition: 1, Hardcover, The MIT Press	Amazon 11,406 reviews	$62.50 Coupon 1 coupon available Code:No Code Required Detail: FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon. Expires:Dec-31-2010 Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.	See it

*Shipping costs are based on an estimate of the lowest shipping rate available within the contiguous US, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Only merchants with this product in stock are listed (Merchants with this product back ordered have been removed from this list).

Do you see a pricing error? Please let us know by filling out a simple form: Click here

MoreStores

Write a review

ProductReviews62/100 (22 Reviews)

Recent Reviews

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-26-2006; Pandora's thinking; Though unpersuasive, the author seems well-intended. The problems underlying his book are commonplace within public discussion of environmental pollutants. What are some? Thornton states "organochlorines dominate virtually all of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-25-2006; Pandora's thinking; Though unpersuasive, the author seems well-intended and sincere. The problems underlying his book are common within discussion of environmental pollutants. What are some? Thornton states "organochlorines dominate virtually all of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2002; A Clear Eyed View of The Problem...And A Solution; Mr. Thornton has an eagle-eye view of the problem and presents it in layman's terms. This is a book that is well-written, factual, and presents actual solutions instead of just ringing the alarm bell.The current industry-driven approach...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-02-2002; Thornton's Poison; "God created 91 chemical elements, man more than a thousand and the devil created one: chlorine." said Greenpeace in its Belgian August magazine in 1992. That is the credo of Greenpeace for its anti-chlorine campaign and is the fundament...; read full review | report as inappropriate

Selected Reviews

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2002; A Clear Eyed View of The Problem...And A Solution; Mr. Thornton has an eagle-eye view of the problem and presents it in layman's terms. This is a book that is well-written, factual, and presents actual solutions instead of just ringing the alarm bell.The current industry-driven approach...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-26-2006; Pandora's thinking; Though unpersuasive, the author seems well-intended. The problems underlying his book are commonplace within public discussion of environmental pollutants. What are some? Thornton states "organochlorines dominate virtually all of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate