Published September, 2013
By Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher: Island Press
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Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with what we eat. In this title, a renowned ethnobotanist shows why the perfect diet for one person could be disastrous for another.

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Published April, 2013
By Emily Monosson
Publisher: Island Press
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With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. The author traces the development of life's defence systems - the mechanisms that transform, excrete, and stow away potentially harmful chemicals - from over three billion years ago to today.

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Published March, 2012
By Emily Monosson
Publisher: Island Press
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With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. The author traces the development of life's defence systems - the mechanisms that transform, excrete, and stow away potentially harmful chemicals - from over three billion years ago to today.

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Published September, 2011
By Elizabeth Grossman
Publisher: Island Press
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Focuses on the hazards of ordinary consumer products. This title shows that for the sake of convenience, efficiency, and short-term safety, we have created synthetic chemicals that fundamentally change, at a molecular level, the way our bodies work and states that consequences range from diabetes to cancer, reproductive and neurological disorders.

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Published August, 2011
By Howard Frumkin, Richard J. Jackson, Andrew L. Danneberg, Andrew L. Dannenberg, Robin Fran Abrams, Emil Malizia, Arthur Wendel, James Sallis, Rachel A. Millstein, Jordan A. Carlson and Carolyn Cannuscio
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The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. This title presents a diagnosis of - and offers treatment for - problems related to the built environment. Drawing on the scientific evidence, it imparts practical information, with an emphasis on demonstrated and promising solutions to the problems.

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Published August, 2011
By Howard Frumkin, Richard J. Jackson, Andrew L. Danneberg, Andrew L. Dannenberg, Robin Fran Abrams, Emil Malizia, Arthur Wendel, James Sallis, Rachel A. Millstein, Jordan A. Carlson and Carolyn Cannuscio
Publisher: Island Press
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The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. This title presents a diagnosis of - and offers treatment for - problems related to the built environment. Drawing on the scientific evidence, it imparts practical information, with an emphasis on demonstrated and promising solutions to the problems.

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Published March, 2011
By Jane M. Hightower and Jane Marie Hightower
Publisher: Island Press
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One morning in 2000, Dr Jane Hightower walked into her surgery to find a patient with disturbing symptoms she couldn't explain. The woman was nauseated, tired, and had difficulty concentrating, but a litany of tests revealed no apparent cause. She was not alone.

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Published November, 2009
By Elizabeth Grossman
Publisher: Island Press
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Each day, headlines warn that baby bottles are leaching dangerous chemicals, nonstick pans are causing infertility, and plastic containers are making us fat. What if rather than toxics, our economy ran on harmless, environmentally-friendly materials? This title tackles the hazards of ordinary consumer products.

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Published July, 2008
By Nancy A. Nichols
Publisher: Island Press
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Presents a story of the investigation of the author into the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown of Waukegan, Illinois and the rare cancer that was killing her sister. This book also calls us to stop the pollution that is endangering the health of families.

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Published June, 2008
By Jane M. Hightower
Publisher: Island Press
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Retraces the author's investigation into the modern prevalence of mercury poisoning, revealing how political calculations, dubious studies, and industry lobbyists endanger our health. This book discovers questionable connections between ostensibly objective researchers and industries that fear regulation and bad press.

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