Venomous Earth : How Arsenic Caused the World's Worst Mass Poisoning
A. Meharg
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (209 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 The devil's water; 2 A natural disaster; 3 Fools' gold; 4 The verdant assassin; 5 Healing arsenic; 6 To frustrate the aim of justice; 7 Nothing green met the eye; 8 The extraordinarily protracted process; 9 Joi Bangla!; Further reading; Index. - Venomous Earth is the story of the worst chemical disaster in history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.
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| Emner | Arsenic - Health aspects
Arsenic - Toxicology Arsenic Poisoning Diseases Vis mer... Environment and Public Health
Environmental Pollution Health Care Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Neurotoxicity Syndromes Poisoning Substance-Related Disorders Water Pollution Water Pollution, Chemical Arsen Arsenforbindelser - Giftvirkning Arsenikk Forgiftning - Arsenikk : (NO-TrBIB)REAL022723 Forgiftninger Forgiftninger - Arsenikk Health & Biological Sciences Kjemihistorie Public Health Toxicology & Public Health arsenikk arsenforbindelser forgiftning |
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| Dewey | 615.9/25715 . - 540.9
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| ISBN | 1403944997. - 9781403944993
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