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Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
With this eloquent and impassioned book, biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson, producing a work about people and land, cancer and the environment, that is as accessible and invaluable as Silent Spring--and potentially as historic. In her early twenties, Steingraber was afflicted with cancer, a disease that has afflicted other members of her adoptive family. Writing from the twin perspectives of a survivor and a concerned scientist, she traces the high incidence of cancer and the terrifying concentrations of environmental toxins in her native rural Illinois. She goes on to show similar correlation in other communities, such as Boston and Long Island, and throughout the United States, where cancer rates have risen alarmingly since mid-century. At once a deeply moving personal document and a groundbreaking work of scientific detection, Living Downstream will be a touchstone for generations, reminding us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the integrity of our air, land, and water. "By skillfully weaving a strong personal drama with thorough scientific research, Steingraber tells a compelling story....Well worth reading."--Washington Post.
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An Almost Perfect Murder
Kathy Marie Augustine was not out to make friends In politics, she rose to the top by playing hardball - and pushing her way through the old boy's network of the Nevada legislature, rising to the rank of State Controller. When she died, only a few people shed tears - including the man who killed her.Chaz Higgs was a former body-builder turned intensive care nurse who saw wealthy, sexy Kathy Augustine as his meal-ticker - until he couldn't stomach her domineering personality any longer. When Chaz decided he'd had enough, he chose a poison that would leave no evidence behind.The death of a nationally-known politician made headlines, but one slip of the tongue came to the attention of a determined Nevada detective. Now, true-crime master Gary C. King takes us into the extraordinary life and death of a famously ambitious woman politician, behind the scenes of the investigation that unearthed stocking secrets, and into the heart and mind of a man who nearly got away with the perfect crime..
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HowDunit - The Book of Poisons
Headline: Discover Deadly Doses to Kill Off Characters The readers of your crime and mystery stories should be trying to figure out "whodunit"--not wondering why your facts don't make sense. If you want to kill off characters with something poisonous, you need to know how a villain would gain access to such a poison, how it would be administered, and what the effects on the victim would be. Book of Poisons can help you figure out all of the details of proper poisoning. Book of Poisons catalogs the classic poisons, household poisons, poisonous animals and plants, poisons used in wars, and more. With information on toxicity, reaction time, effects and symptoms, and antidotes and treatments, you'll know exactly what your villain needs to succeed and exactly what could foil his plans. Not only does this book contain the information you need, it also makes it easy for you to find. With alphabetical organization and appendices that cross-reference by symptoms, form, administration, and other methods, you'll be able to find the perfect poisons to fit your plot. A glossary of medical terms makes decoding symptoms and treatments easy for the writer with no medical background. And finally, the book offers a bit of fun. You'll find:
· information about how real toxicologists uncover poisoning crimes
· a history of famous poisoners
· advice on how you can create your own fictional poison
· case histories that give examples of when the poisons listed were used in literature, movies, and real life Book of Poisons is the comprehensive reference you need to create deaths by poison with out stopping readers dead in their tracks over misguided facts..
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Casarett And Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons (Casarett & Doull Toxicology)
The most complete, trusted reference text covering the full span of medical toxicology . . Long established as the gold standard in the field, Casarett And Doull's Toxicology equips you with an unsurpassed understanding of modern toxicology, including the principles, concepts, mechanisms, and modes of thought that are the foundation of the discipline. The new seventh edition features is updated throughout and includes many new contributors and new content on chemical terrorism. ..
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Poisoned Love: The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, his Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller  In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had attended to her late husband just before his death.   Three years later, fifty-year-old Kathy died after a heart attack—the result, her family and friends believed, of a stressful political campaign. But when an autopsy of Kathy’s body revealed no signs of heart disease, investigators dug deeper into Kathy’s case…only to find the presence of a powerful, paralyzing emergency-room drug in Kathy’s system. A jury would later charge Nurse Chaz with murder in the first degree. But could Kathy’s first husband alsohave been the victim of Chaz’s treachery? And just how much did Kathy know? This is the shocking true story of a family torn apart by lies, medical crime, and POISONED LOVE. .
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Death by Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down, and Poisoning of America
Although Americans worship youth and beauty, we are aging rapidly. Death by Supermarket makes a compelling case that the epidemic of obesity and degenerative and neurological diseases in the US is the result of a new form of malnutrition. Since World War II, factory produced food, diets, and drugs have caused a new type of malnutrition that manifests in obesity, depression, lowered IQ, disease
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Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. and Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas. Comprehensive resource for students to learn basic and applied principles of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics. This edition has expanded data on pharmacology that will appeal to residents, researchers, and graduate students. Previous edition: c1995. .
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The Slow Poisoning of America
A comprehensive text revealing the terrible history of fluoride in the drinking water, Monosodium Glutamate and Aspartame in the food supply, and the many published scientific studies that show the physical ailments these substances trigger. This is the first book ever published that reveals the connection between MSG and the epidemic of Autism. Also included are chapters on the benefit of a natural zero calorie sweetener and a natural hormone proven to reduce breast and prostate cancer..
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