Healthy Living in a Toxic World: Simple Ways to Protect Yourself & Your Family from Hidden Health Risks [Paperback]

Cynthia E. Fincher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

HEALTHY LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD explains the myths and the science of how chemicals we encounter in daily life can effect our health. Rather than using scare tactics to sensationalize the impact of individual products, this book provides readers with a framwork to understand how neurotoxic chemicals affect your health, where to look for them, and how regulatory and political processes allow the real danger to perpetuate. This book provides an interesting and balanced perspective on real health risks and reasonable precautions you can take to protect yourself and your family.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A much-needed introductory text on common poisonous threats that surround us. HEALTHY LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD is a must read for health care professionals, workers, managers...everyone" -- Raymond Singer, Ph.D., author of THE NEUROTOXICITY GUIDE BOOK

"It's the book I'd have written if I had the talent and the knowledge" -- Barbara Hammon, Environmental Health Network

"Wonderful, scary, and reassuring" -- Virginia Cassell, Producer of NPR's THE PEOPLE'S PHARMACY

About the Author

Dr. Cynthia Fincher received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. Her scientific research addresses the impact of neurotoxic chemicals on brain functioning. HEALTHY LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD is a product of her work as a health educator. In clinical practice, she works with patients with chronic pain and chronic illness. She has found that lifestyle is a key factor in healing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Pinon Pr (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891099786
• ISBN-13: 978-0891099789
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,444,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KAFry, March 5, 2000

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Karen A. Fry (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Living in a Toxic World: Simple Ways to Protect Yourself & Your Family from Hidden Health Risks (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful reference. It describes the little (and inexpensive) things you can do to make your environment safer for your immune system. There are tables of reference. The ideas provided on cleaning products, personal hygiene, medical, are everything you need to know to help yourself.

It is short and condensed. You can read it quickly and use it for a reference for years to come. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to make their "space" a life-long healthier way to live.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a student, August 30, 2000

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Gary D. Burleson (Denton, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Living in a Toxic World: Simple Ways to Protect Yourself & Your Family from Hidden Health Risks (Paperback)

Hi there my name is Gary Burleson. I am a student of Cynthia Fincher at the University of North Texas. We discuss many topics of Cynthia Fincher's book "Healthy Living in a Toxic World" in class and I have found that as a student I have only started scratching the surface of many serious issues. There are many things I didn't even think about until I enrolled in Ecological Psycology and Cynthia Fincher brought them to my attention. I strongly encourge everyone to read her book, it is very informative. This book will open every persons eyes who read it to many issues that are going on and will countine going on unless we as people can take alternative measures. Gary Burleson