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Dodging the Toxic Bullet: How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dodging the Toxic Bullet: How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David R. Boyd
Foreword by David Suzuki
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 177
Category/GenreHealth and Personal Development
ISBN/Barcode 9781553654544
ClassificationsDewey:615.902
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Greystone Books,Canada
Imprint Greystone Books,Canada
Publication Date 18 March 2010
Publication Country Canada

Description

Dodging the Toxic Bullet presents workable strategies that show how we can live longer, healthier lives by breathing clean air, eating healthy food, drinking safe water, and using non-toxic products. Author David R. Boyd provides accessible background on a range of hazards including mercury in fish, carcinogens in cleaning products, lead in toys, and lethal E. coli in ground beef. His clear directions for reducing risk include growing lots of houseplants, choosing whole foods, avoiding consumer products with strong or long-lasting smells, and using green cleaning products. Easy-to-follow advice and informative sidebars and checklists make this a must-have guide, especially for parents of infants and children.

Author Biography

David R. Boyd is a leading environmental lawyer who has provided advice to the governments of Sweden and Canada. He is a Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where his research focuses on the right to a healthy environment. He is also an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University's graduate Resource and Environmental Management program. Boyd is the coauthor of David Suzuki's Green Guide and the author of other influential works, including Sustainability Within a Generation: A New Vision for Canada and Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy. He lives, lightly, on Pender Island in British Columbia with Margot Venton and their daughter, Meredith. David Suzuki is an award-winning geneticist, broadcaster, and host of CBC TV's The Nature of Things. He has authored over 40 books and is widely recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. Dr. Suzuki has 22 honorary doctorates from universities in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. For his support of Canada's First Nations people, Dr. Suzuki has been honoured with six names and formal adoption by two tribes.

Reviews

"Boyd's powerful, well-documented book will shake readers out of their complacency and empower them to take action against environmental hazards." --Library Journal, Apr 1, 2010