Naturally dangerous : surprising facts about food, health, and the environment (Record no. 40066)
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| fixed length control field | 01383cam a22001934a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781891389092 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 1891389092 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.192 |
| Item number | COL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Collman, James Paddock, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Naturally dangerous : surprising facts about food, health, and the environment |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Sausalito, CA : |
| Name of publisher | University Science Books, |
| Year of publication | c2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 270 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.) ; |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Overture: Is anything safe? --<br/>Chemicals lurking in your grocery store --<br/>Pharmacy --<br/>Is health food store an oxymoron? --<br/>Infectious agents: are all microorganisms bad? --<br/>Cancer and the environment --<br/>Nature is elemental --<br/>Natural and unnatural molecules in the environment --<br/>Is the sky falling?? --<br/>Dust, magnets, and scuba diving --<br/>We are all radioactive! --<br/>Epilogue : There is no free lunch. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Examines the scientific facts behind claims about the safety or dangers of organic and commercial foods, natural herbs, modern medicine, and the environment. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Thisremarkable little book connects observations from our everyday lives to thescientific principles that explain them, whether you are interested in organicproduce, irradiated foods, trans fats, natural herbs,designer drugs, cancer, DNAtesting, global warming, or many other subjects |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Food contamination. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Food additives. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 29/10/2009 | Donation | 3910.00 | 363.192 COL | 011647 | Lending Books |