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The poison paradox : chemicals as friends and foes / John Timbrell.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
363.1791 TIM	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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ISBN	0192804952 (hbk.)
Name	Timbrell, John A.
Title	The poison paradox : chemicals as friends and foes / John Timbrell.
Published	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description	xii, 348 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-323) and index.
Summary	"In The Poison Paradox, toxicologist John Timbrell explores the dark side of chemistry - how the chemicals that we use and that occur all around us can often be beneficial and yet under other circumstances can become poisons." "By examining a variety of cases, from tragic disasters such as Bhopal and Minamata Bay, to the plant fungus which led to the Salem witch trials, and the puffer fish which is at once deadly poisonous and prized as a delicacy, this book explores the science of poisons: the different ways in which they harm us, and how they may be counteracted."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Poisons
	Poisons -- Physiological effect
	Toxicology
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Poisons . Poisons -- Physiological effect . Toxicology . See Also: Chemicals . Toxicology . Medicine . Poisons . Veterinary toxicology . Authors: Timbrell, John A. .