ISBN: 9780864362247 - the chemical connection (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 176 pages. Some highlighting throughout.Do you feel 'spaced out' after using strong household cleaners or a photocopi er? Do you feel sick while having your car filled up with petrol or do you love the smell and can't get enough of it? Do you get headaches or ache all over afte r a day in the city? Since World War Two, our bodies have been assaulted by a ba rrage of previously unknown physical hazards ? thousands of new chemicals in o ur air, water and food; electromagnetic radiation and changes in ultra-violet li ght conditions. The Chemical Connection explains how chemical sensitivities can have a profound and alarming effect on our social, emotional and intellectual de velopment. It also discusses what we can do about it. The book offers a range of sensible and practical precautions we can take to minimize our chemical exposur e, and encourages us to choose the least chemically hazardous options ? or dem and that satisfactory alternatives be made available. Louise Samways is the dire ctor of an Environmental Health Centre in Melbourne. She is a clinical psycholog ist, specializing in clinical nutrition and environmental health, and she has dr awn on her experiences during ten years of practice in these fields to write thi s book.…