The consumer's good chemical guide : a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life

著者

書誌事項

The consumer's good chemical guide : a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life

John Emsley

W.H. Freeman, c1994

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全3件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

How many top-selling perfumes are made entirely from synthetic chemicals? Are artificial sweeteners perfectly safe? Which has more saturated fat: butter or coconut oil? How many people have died by being poisoned with the world's most toxic chemicals, the dioxins? Does PVC packaging and plastic wrap cause cancer by contaminating food? Is nitrate from fertilizers polluting drinking water and causing "blue-baby syndrome" and stomach cancer? Is carbon dioxide from fossil fuels really the main cause of global warming? The unexpected answers to these and many other topical questions can be found in "The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide", which exposes the misinformation and misinformation that surround many of the controversial chemicals we meet in daily life. The guide explains in accessible, non-technical language the science behind sugar and artificial sweeteners; cholesterol, animal fats and fibre; painkillers, and the risks associated with taking drugs; plastics and PVC; dioxins and nitrates in the environment; and carbon dioxide and the greenhouse gases. Also included are chapters on two products which are entirely chemical, but commonly not thought of as such: perfume and alcohol. Here, the reader discovers that not only do fragrance chemicals give a great deal of innocent pleasure, but that their synthetic versions have been responsible for reducing the large-scale slaughter of some wild animals; and that alcohol can not only improve the quality of life, it may even prolong it. "The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide" is for anyone, with or without a scientific background, who has been worried, sometimes alarmed, by stories which suggest that these chemicals are dangerous, polluting or unhealthy. This book won the general section of the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science in 1995.

目次

  • Part 1 Perfumes: Chanel No 5
  • the chemistry of smell
  • making fragrant molecules
  • human scents
  • aphrodisiacs
  • aromatherapy. Part 2 Sweetness and light: sugar
  • honey
  • sugar as a chemical resource
  • bulk sweeteners
  • artificial sweeteners
  • what makes a molecule taste sweet? Part 3 Alcohol: alcohol and body chemistry
  • the production and chemistry of alcoholic drinks
  • fraudulent drink
  • the risks and benefits of drinking alcohol. Part 4 Cholesterol, fats and fibre: cholesterol
  • oils and fats
  • fibre
  • hidden fibre (resistant starch)
  • the chemistry of successful dieting. Part 5 Painkillers and painful decisions: thalidomide
  • painkillers
  • arthritis and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs
  • opiates
  • toxicity
  • risk. Part 6 PVC: in praise of plastics
  • the manufacture of PVC
  • the additives and hazards of PVC
  • the environmental audit. Part 7 Dioxins, the world's deadliest toxins?: chlorinated phenols
  • tracking down dioxins
  • dioxins at large
  • hidden dangers
  • the verdict. Part 8 Nitrate: the nitrogen cycle in nature
  • food
  • fertilizers
  • nitrate in natural waters
  • nitrate in the diet
  • nitrate and human health. Part 9 Carbon dioxide, CO2: carbon dioxide, COs
  • greenhouse gases
  • the global CO2 budget
  • global warming
  • the good side of carbon dioxide. Part 10 Take care.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ