The Regulation of Science and Technology (Studies in Regulation) - Softcover

 
9781349418947: The Regulation of Science and Technology (Studies in Regulation)
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ISBN 10: 1349418943 ISBN 13: 9781349418947
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.

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Andrew Meharg is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he has advised national and international government and aid bodies. Andrew has published numerous academic papers, book chapters and popular press articles on his research.

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Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1349418943
ISBN 13 
9781349418947
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
285
Herausgeber
Loparo Kenneth A.
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