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

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"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

Product Description

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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Pinon Pr (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891099786
• ISBN-13: 978-0891099789
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #649,145 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KAFry, March 5, 2000

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

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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