What's In This Stuff?: The Hidden Toxins in Everyday Products - and What You Can Do About Them [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Patricia Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2008

The essential reference to what's really in the products we buy.

Every day Americans eat processed food and use toiletries, cosmetics, household cleaners, gardening supplies and often pet care products of some kind. It's time to ask What's in This Stuff? The answers are shocking. This fascinating book reveals how many of the products used every day contain poorly tested chemicals that are implicated in health problems, and offers simple, nontoxic alternatives.

It explains:
- Why we are exposed to more chemicals than ever before
- The health risks of exposure to industrial chemicals in consumer products
- Which chemicals are most harmful
- Why babies in the womb and young children are especially vulnerable to toxins
- How to interpret confusing labels
- Tips for using conventional products more wisely

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Patricia Thomas is the author of the bestselling Cleaning Yourself to Death as well as Living Dangerously: Are Everyday Toxins Making You Sick? A former radio producer and broadcaster, she is a regular contributor to newspapers and appears frequently on TV and radio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1 edition (January 2, 2008)
• ISBN-10: 0399533885
• ASIN: B001GCVFKU
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,385,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pat is a trained psychotherapist, naturopath and journalist. After working as a journalist and broadcaster in the USA, she now works in the field of child development and writes for various publications including 'Practical Parenting'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gramma Niki Detoxifies, February 11, 2008

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Niki Lisette "Gramma Niki" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's In This Stuff?: The Hidden Toxins in Everyday Products - and What You Can Do About Them (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book browsing in a small bookstore in Aptos, California. I was interested in finding out what is in some processed restaurant and other foods that I am finding myself sensitive to...well, my God, I had no idea what a toxic jungle of products are available for consumers to slowly poison themselves with. The book is very informative and straightforward. It is easy to locate the information you want and frankly I found it easier than searching the internet. The content is what it is and the author doesn't try to glamorize what is quite sobering information nor trivilize. A must read and act upon book!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, February 16, 2009

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R. Vaughan (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's In This Stuff?: The Hidden Toxins in Everyday Products - and What You Can Do About Them (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is incredibly informative. Not only about all the chemicals that companies are bombarding us with everyday, but actual solutions and alternatives to using those harsh products. The author goes into great detail about every category of product that people use, from shampoos and makeup to pesticides and cleaning products.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding and critical to health, October 11, 2008

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Patricia M. Davis (seattle wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's In This Stuff?: The Hidden Toxins in Everyday Products - and What You Can Do About Them (Mass Market Paperback)

I have a masters degree from the University of Washington (research based institution) and I am also a breast cancer survivor. I started studying how to build my immune system 3 years ago and discovered some of this then: and it is great to have it in book form. This is an emerging base of public knowledge and critical to health of ourselves and our children. Buy some extra and get them out to your friends and family.