Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment

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Professor Collman's new book provides detailed information about the foods you eat, the drugs you take, and the environment you live in. Safety.com offers this book as a guide to balancing how and why natural substances are essential to good health and how these same substances can be dangerous to your health.

About the Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment

Full of surprising anecdotes, curious facts and historical oddities, this remarkable little book connects observations from our everyday lives to the scientific principles that explain them. You will find information on organic produce, irradiated foods, trans fat and fat substitutes, natural herbs, designer drugs, smallpox, Mad Cow Disease, Prions, Anthrax, cancer, DNA testing, global warming, acid rain, aphrodisiacs, pheromones, and much more. Chances are if there is something you were wondering about, you will find it covered here. Should you be eating margarine? Are cell phones safe? Read on!The author has avoided scientific jargon and mathematics to make this book of interest to nonscientists and scientists alike.